The effect of local wisdom-based comic media on students’ coral reef conceptual understanding viewed from gender

• Published in: AIP conference proceedings Vol. 2619; no. 1
• Main Authors: Sukri, Akhmad, Utami, Septiana Dwi, Zurlina, Lukitasari, Marheny
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Melville American Institute of Physics 28.04.2023
• Subjects: Coral reefs; Effectiveness; Males; Students
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/5.0130474

This study aims to reveal the effectiveness of local wisdom-oriented comic media in expressing students’ conceptual understanding of different genders. This research was a quasi-experimental study that adopted a separate sample pretest-posttest design. The subjects of this study were junior high school students from two different regions in West Nusa Tenggara Province, namely SMPN 2 Gangga, North Lombok, and SMPN 2 Batukliang, Central Lombok. Schools were taken randomly with a total number of 48 students as samples. The students’ conceptual understanding was collected through tests and analyzed using the N-gain, N-Loss, and independent-sample t-test to determine the effectiveness of comic media. The results showed that the implementation of comic media had a positive impact and could increase students’ conceptual understanding of coral reefs. More specifically, female students were likely to have lower N-loss scores than male students and better conceptual understanding than male students (p<.05).