Abstract:

The use of interesting instructional media such comics can affect students' motivation. However, insufficient instructional media can demotivate students in learning. The purposes of this study were to produce a folklore-based comic, to determine the feasibility and students’ response to the comic, and to describe the increasing of students’ motivation after using the comic. The study was conducted at Senior High School 1 Muaro Jambi and the participants were 25 science students of grade 11th in 2019. The type of research was used pre-test and post-test single group design model. The ADDIE model used for prepared instructional designs of folklore-based comics. The folklore-based comic instructional designs validated by material and instructional media experts before being implemented to students. The data of experts’ validations, students’ responses and motivations were collected by using questionnaire of experts’ validation, students’ responses, and students’ motivation. The result of this study is Newton’s law comic based on Indonesian folklore, Orang Kayo Hitam, that originated from Jambi region. The result of material validation is X ̅=3.77 in the good category and instructional media validation is X ̅=3.62 in the good category. The assessment of students in the form of response questionnaire is X ̅=4.31 in the very good category. The gain value of students’ motivation after using the comic is 0.39 in the medium category. It can be concluded that the folklore-based comic is feasible to use in learning and get positive responses from the students. The comic also can be used as an alternative medium to increase students’ motivation significantly (t(24)=-5.185, p<.005) and assist them to understand Newton’s law concepts easier.

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