The research aims to develop and test the validity, practicality, as well as the effectiveness of learning media, that is comic media based on Contextual Teaching And Learning (CTL) on Social Science subject. Observation model used is the research and development model (R&D) of Borg and Gall. The result of this research shows that comic media based on CTL is reasonable, practical and effective. The using of comic media based on CTL gives influence to the learning result of student. It can be seen through the result of t-test trial which shows that tcount is 2.55 > from ttable 2.903. The using of comic media based on CTL also gets good response from the students,that is 90.5%. Therefore, it can be concluded that comic media based on CTL is reasonable, practical and effective to improve the learning result on Social Science subject of third grade students in Elementary School. Keywords: Comic Media Learning, Development, Learning Result, Social Studies. ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan dan menguji kelayakan, kepraktisan, serta keefektivan media pembelajaran berupa media komik berbasis CTL pada mata pelajaran IPS. Model dari penelitian yang digunakan adalah model penelitian dan pengembangan (R&D) Borg and Gall. Kelayakan media komik didasarkan dari hasil validasi. Kepraktisan media komik didasarkan dari hasil observasi keterlaksanaan pembelajaran, aktivitas siswa, serta angket kepraktisan media komik. Keefektivan media komik diuji dengan nonequivalent control group design. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa media komik berbasis CTL layak, praktis, dan efektif. Media komik berbasis CTL memberikan pengaruh terhadap hasil belajar siswa. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari hasil uji t-test yang menunjukkan bahwa thitung sebesar 2,55 > dari ttabel 2,093. Penggunaan media komik berbasis CTL juga mendapatkan respon yang sangat baik dari siswa, yaitu sebesar 90,5%. Jadi dapat disimpulkan bahwa media komik berbasis CTL layak, praktis, dan efektif untuk meningkatkan hasil belajar siswa kelas III sekolah dasar pada mata pelajaran IPS. Kata Kunci: Hasil Belajar, IPS, Komik, Media Pembelajaran, Pengembangan.

The research aimed at developing and testing the validity, practicality, as well as the effectiveness of learning a learning media in the form of comic based on Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) on Social studies. Observation model and development model (R&D) of Borg and Gall used were the research. The result of this research showed that the CTL-based comic is a reasonable, practical and effective media. The use of CTL-based comic gives influence to the learning outcomes of the students. It could be seen through the result of the t-test from the try-out which showed that t count is 2.55 > from t table 2.903. The use of CTL-based comic as a learning media also got good response from the students with percentage 90.5%. Therefore, it could be concluded that CTL-based comic was reasonable, practical and effective to improve the learning outcomes on Social studies lesson of the third-grade students in Elementary School.

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