Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Journal of Education Technology and Scientific Researches), cilt.7, sa.17, ss.378-413, 2022 (Hakemli Dergi)
This study focuses on the use of materials in the social studies course. The aim of this study is to
determine the effect on student attitude and motivation of using educational comics and
educational cartoons as teaching material in 6th-grade social studies course. Educational comics
and educational cartoons were used as teaching materials in different experimental groups and
their effects on student attitude and motivation towards the social studies course were tried to be
determined. In the study, quasi-experimental design with pretest and posttest control group,
which is one of the quantitative research designs, was used. The study was carried out in three
different schools located in a city centre. The data were collected from 260 6th-grade students.
There are two experimental groups and one control group in the study. Social Studies Attitude
Scale and Social Studies Motivation Scale were used as a data collection tool. These scales were
applied once before and after the lecture process. One-Way ANOVA and Paired-Samples t Test
were used to analyse the data. According to the findings obtained as a result of the analysis of the
data, there was a significant difference in the attitude and motivation levels of the students
between the experimental group in which educational comics were used and the control group.
Likewise, a significant difference was observed between the experimental group in which
educational cartoons were used and the control group. However, no significant difference was
observed between the experimental groups. According to the results of the research, it can be said
that the use of both educational comics and educational cartoons in the social studies positively
affects the attitude and motivation of the students towards the lesson. For this reason, researchers
suggest that teachers who want to attract their students to the lesson should consider educational
comics and educational cartoons as an effective alternative. Researchers also suggest that future
studies should determine teacher views on educational comics and educational cartoons.