Year: 2026 | Month: April | Volume: 13 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 252-261
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20260424
The Impact of Digital Comic Based Learning on History Comprehension of Students at Senior High School in Semarang City
Nadya Fariha Istiqomah1, Arif Purnomo2
1Departement of History Education, 2Departement of Social Studies,
Faculty of Social and Political Science, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia.
Corresponding Author: Nadya Fariha Istiqomah
ABSTRACT
History education aims to instil important value and shape students’ understanding of historical developments at the local, national, and global levels. However, history education in schools still faces problems in the form of low student understanding of broad subject matter. One effort to improve the quality of learning is the use of innovative learning media, such as digital comics that present material visually and narratively. This study aims to analyze the effect of using digital comic learning media on the historical comprehension of 11th grade students at SMA Negeri 7 Semarang. The study uses an experimental approach with a quasi-experimental design. The study population consist of all 11th grade students, with sample class XI-01 as the experimental class and class XI-02 as the control class, selected using nonprobability sampling technique of incidental sampling. The results of data analysis using the t-test show a t-value of-1.923 with a significance (sig. 2-tailed) of 0.059, which is greater than the significance level of 0,05. These results indicate that the use of digital comic learning media does not have a significant effect on the historical material comprehension of 11th grade students at SMA Negeri 7 Semarang.
Keywords: Learning Media, Digital Comics, Understanding Historical Material, History Learning
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