The Development of Science Comic in Human Digestive System Topic for Junior High School Nelah Roswati (a*), Nuryani Y. Rustaman(b), and Ikmanda Nugraha (a)
a) International Program on Science Education Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Science Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Jalan Setiabudhi No. 229, Isola, Sukasari, Bandung 40154, West Java, Indonesia
*nelahroswati96[at]gmail.com
b) Biology Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Science Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Abstract
The engagement of science education has been covered by using media, the popular media that usually used is printed media. One of popular printed media that actually most accessible and may be used in science education classroom as instructional tool is comic book. However, it is sometimes difficult to find the ideal and the appropriate comic books that can be used as the instructional tool of science education, because most of them are inappropriate for learning science and did not fit with the culture of the readers. The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the science comic aiming to contribute science learning about human digestive system topic concepts. In this research, a science comic book were created and implemented to 92 students of year eight from three different junior high schools and three science teachers as a subject implementation development. Student responses through the questionnaire and students-teachers readability test sheets were evaluated through qualitative content analysis. According to the result, most of the students believed that science comic book help learning through simplifying science concept and understanding the topic easier. Science comic book also help them to learning science more enjoy because the presence of humor and uniqueness aspect of the science comic book.
Keywords: Instructional Media, Science Comic Book, Human Digestive System Topic
