The Effect of Educational Comics on Teaching Environmental Issues and Environmental Organizations Topics in 7th Grade Social Studies Course: A Mixed Research

Abstract

This research aims to reveal the effects of educational comics on teaching environmental issues and environmental organizations subjects in the 7th grade Social Studies course. The research was carried out according to mixed research method. The research included 83 students at 7th grade in a public secondary school in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. The experimental group consisted of 41 students and the control group consisted of 42. At the end of the study, statistical significance was found in favour of post-test scores between the mean scores of the students in the experimental group who were instructed by educational comics and those of the students in the control group in terms of academic achievement and attitude towards the environment. When the effect of the academic achievement pre-test scores was taken under control, the results of the academic achievement post-test scores of the students in the experimental and control groups were found to be significantly different from each other, which was in favour of the experimental group. Likewise, when the effect of pre-test scores on the environmental attitude was taken under control, it was found that the post-test scores of the students in the experimental and control groups differed significantly and this difference was in favour of the experimental group. And also it was concluded that students have a positive perspective on educational comics both in cognitive and affective aspects.