Pengembangan Media Pembelajaran Komik Bermuatan Karakter Gemar Membaca untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Membaca Pemahaman Siswa Kelas IV Sekolah Dasar

Abstract

This study was motivated by the low reading comprehension skills of fourth-grade elementary school students, which has become a major concern in the field of education. The purpose of this research is to develop comic-based learning media that incorporates the character of reading enthusiasm to improve student’s reading comprehension skills. The research method used is Research and Development (R&D) with the ADDIE model, which consists of five stages: Analysis, Design, Developmet, Implementation, and Evaluation. The results of expert validation indicated that the media is appropriate for use, and student responses showed a high level of interest in the media. The Wilcoxon test yieled a significance value of 0,000 indicating a meaningful difference between the pre-test and post-test results. The N-Gain test showed an improvement of 76,69% in the limited trial and 80,62% in the wide-scale trial, both categorized as effective. Therefore, comic media that incorporates the character of reading enthusiasm is effective in enhancing students’ reading comprehension skills.