Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, cilt.33, sa.2, ss.827-849, 2025 (ESCI, Scopus)
The study investigates the impact of engaging creative comics and cartoons in social studies courses on the students’ academic achievement and identifies the students’ views in this regard. In accordance with the purpose of the study, the embedded design—one of the mixed methods research designs—was employed. The study sample consisted of 91 students in three different classrooms studying in the 5th grade of a secondary school affiliated with the Directorate of National Education in Erzurum, Türkiye, in the 2022/23 academic year. The academic achievement test developed by the researcher was used to reveal the impact of materials consisting of creative comics and cartoons on students’ academic achievement. In addition to that, a focus group interview was conducted with the students in the experimental groups to reveal their views about the use of creative comics and cartoons. The quantitative data were analysed with SPSS 26.0 software, whereas the qualitative data were analysed with content analysis. The results of the study showed a statistical significance in favour of the experimental groups with respect to the average scores in the post-test, while there was no such statistical significance between the experimental groups in which either creative comics or cartoons were used. All the other data considered together suggested that the students who participated in the focus group interview liked the given materials and expressed positive views.