Validation of E-Comics as Learning Materials in Social Studies

Abstract

This study aimed to know the validity of E-comics as learning materials in teaching Social Studies. The researcher used descriptive research to gather the necessary data in writing the learning material. It was conducted at Don Manuel Rivera Memorial Integrated Memorial National High School using one hundred seventy-eight (178) students in a modular learning modality during the Academic Year 2021-2022. To determine the validity of comics, the researcher presented the accomplished E-Comics evaluated by the Resource Validators, the Social Studies Teacher from Masico National High School, Linga National High School, and Don Manuel Rivera Memorial National High School Pila District. To determine the validity of E-Comics, the pretest and posttest were administered consisting of fifty (50) multiple items given to 178 grade 9 students from Don Manuel Rivera Memorial Integrated National High School as the respondents of this research. The study assessed the effectiveness of developed comics as learning material for teaching specific economic concepts. The study also determined the respondents' perception of the use of developed E-comics related to the enhancement of their economics concept view. Moreover, the study provided results on the mean difference between the pretest and posttest performance of the respondents when aided by the developed comics. The researcher used a validated survey questionnaire as the primary tool of the study. The findings showed that the developed comics were effective as instructional material in teaching economics concepts on the selected topics covered in the third quarter: Circular Flow of Economics, National Income, and Inflation. The Learner's Resource Evaluators rated the E-comics as very high and commendable. There was a significant difference between the respondents' pretest and posttest mean scores. The respondents positively perceived that the developed E-Comics enhanced their inferring and communication economics concepts. Hence, the results further motivate the respondents to appreciate the task of being responsible for using their resources and value their effect on humans and the environment. Future utilization of this E-Comic as learning material in teaching specific economics concepts would raise the performance of the learners.