Educational Comics Based-Local Folktales and Its Effects on Reading Literacy of Rural Primary School Students

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10.2991/978-2-38476-114-2_98How to use a DOI?

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Comics based-local folktales; Reading Literacy; Rural; Primary students

Abstract

Reading is a basic literacy that plays an important role in the intellectual development of students. Based on various survey results, it was identified that the reading competence of Indonesian students was very low. The purpose of this study was to implement educative comics based on local folktale and examine its effect on increasing reading literacy of primary school students in rural areas. The research approach applied is a quasi-experimental design with pretest-post-test non-equivalent control group design. The participants in this study were 2 groups of 3rd grade of primary school students in rural Karanganyar Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. Sampling was done by intact group cluster random sampling technique. There were 58 students in the experimental group and 56 students in the control group from 4 different primary schools, but their qualifications were both in the middle category. In learning to read, the experimental group used educational comic books containing local folktale, while the control group used texts containing local folktale. Reading literacy competency data was obtained through paper and pencil tests. The data obtained were analyzed descriptively and inferentially using t-test. The results of the study prove that there is a significant effect of educational comics based on local folktale on students' reading literacy competence. Local folktale supported by images is suspected to facilitate the availability of context so that the substance of the text is easier to understand. Therefore, teachers are advised to use image support in learning to cover learning losses due to the pandemic, especially in rural schools which experience many obstacles in distance learning.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sumarwati
AU  - Edy Suryanto
AU  - Hadiyah
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/04
TI  - Educational Comics Based-Local Folktales and Its Effects on Reading Literacy of Rural Primary School Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Learning Innovation and Quality Education (ICLIQE 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1066
EP  - 1076
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-114-2_98
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