Abstract:
This article aims to investigate the effect of educational comics about static electricity
on student learning outcomes and student communication skills. The research subjects
were students of the Physics Education Study Program at Lambung Mangkurat
University Academic Year 2019/2020. The research design used was one group
pretest-posttest design. Student learning outcomes data obtained from student learning
outcomes tests. Data on students' communication skills were obtained from
observation sheets. The results of the pretest and posttest were then tested for
normality and homogeneity which showed that the data were normally distributed and
the variants were homogeneous. Then, the data were tested for the significance of
differences using the paired t-test. The Sig (2-tailed) test results show a number below
0.05 so there is a significant difference between the pretest and posttest results. The
effectiveness of the use of educational comics is tested using the N-gain test to
determine its effectiveness category. The N-gain test result is 0.705 so the N-gain test
result is categorized high. Overall student communication skills are included in both
categories. This result is supported by students' responses to educational comics which
are overall well categorized. This article concludes that there is an educational comic
effect on static electricity towards student learning outcomes and communication skills.
Key word:
Educational Comic Static Electricity
Learning Outcomes Communication Skill
