• Shamini Krishnan

  Author

• Kamisah Othman

  Author

This research focuses on the effectiveness of using comic as a learning tool in the
process of teaching and learning of science in the primary school. The focus is to enhance the
pupils’ achievement, thus increasing their higher order thinking skills and making it easy for
them to remember the Science facts and concepts. In Malaysia, the interest in Science among
students is declining continuously, due to the perception that Science is difficult. Year 5 pupils
from a primary school were selected as respondents for this study. This study is quasiexperimental
type with a control and an experimental group. Pre and post test were conducted
for both groups. The results show there was a significant increase in the achievement of the
pupils in the topic of Energy, thus increasing the ability to remember the facts and also their
higher order thinking skills. The main implication of this study is that comic is an effective
teaching tool to enhance the teaching and learning process, thus making it interesting to learn
Science. The pupils are able to sharpen their thinking skills, as they are will become active
learners and the teachers are able to achieve the learning objectives effectively and easily.

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