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The purpose of this study is to determine effect of cartoons as a teaching tool towards student’s achievement and attitudes about endocrine system and biology. This study was applied to students that include 28 students in control group and 28 students in experimental group in secondary school in Erzurum. In the research, mixed research design which consists of interview form with open ended questions and quasi-experimental non-equivalent pretest- posttest control group was used. An achievement test, attitude test and interviews were used to investigate the impact of using cartoons as a teaching tool on student learning in teaching of endocrine system. The findings of this study show that students’ knowledge and understanding and attitude of biology was positively changed on the unit of endocrine system with the use of cartoons.

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