Animated video media vs comic on storytelling skills for fifth-grader: Which one is more effective?

Abstract

The aim of this research is to determine the effectiveness of the use of animated video and comic media on the storytelling skills of the fourth-grade students of elementary school. A quasi-experimental design with the pretest-posttest two treatment designs was used. The population of this research was the fourth-grade students of elementary schools in cluster 2 of Tamanan, Kalasan District, Sleman. The sample of this research was SDN Tamanan 2, Kalasan with a total of 26 students and the fourth-grade students of SDN Tunjungsari 2, Kalasan with a total of 30 students, in semester one of the 2019-2020 academic year. The experimental group one was treated using the animated video media that contained fairytale while the experimental group 2 was treated using the comic media. The data collecting tool are Story Telling Scale. It was used to determine storytelling skills before and after the treatment. The results of study is that animated video based learning methods more effective than comic (p