Keberkesanan Modul Komik Mata Pelajaran Perniagaan Tingkatan 4 (The Effectiveness of the Form 4 Business Comic Module)

Abstract

Mata pelajaran perniagaan sering mendapat peratus lulus yang rendah jika dibandingkan dengan mata pelajaran lain. Justeru untuk meningkatkan pencapaian ini, maka pelbagai kaedah pengajaran telah digunakan guru antaranya pendekatan berasaskan konstruktivisme. Pendekatan ini menjadikan suasana pembelajaran lebih kreatif dan interaktif, seterusnya menarik minat murid untuk menguasai mata pelajaran tersebut. Oleh itu, wujud keperluan untuk membina modul komik perniagaan walaupun keberkesanannya masih belum pasti. Justeru, kajian telah dilaksanakan bagi tujuan mengenal pasti keberkesanan modul komik bagi mata pelajaran Perniagaan tingkatan 4. Reka bentuk kuasi eksperimen telah digunakan bersama teknik persampelan bertujuan ke atas 60 murid tingkatan 4 dengan mengambil kira agihan tidak seimbang walaupun ciri-ciri murid adalah sama. Instrumen kajian pula melibatkan soal selidik dan ujian penilaian. Analisis diskriptif digunakan bagi menjana nilai tahap modul komik perniagaan, sementara analisis inferensi pula bagi mendapatkan perbezaan keberkesanan komik antara dua kumpulan. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa keberkesanan modul komik mata pelajaran Perniagaan berada pada tahap tinggi bagi konstruk isi kandungan, interaksi, kepentingan dan aktiviti pembelajaran. Hasil kajian menunjukkan, terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan bagi keberkesanan modul komik mata pelajaran Perniagaan antara kumpulan kawalan dan kumpulan rawatan dalam ujian pasca. Implikasi kajian membuktikan bahawa teori konstruktivisme relevan digunakan ke atas murid tingkatan 4 bagi meningkatkan pencapaian mereka mata pelajaran Perniagaan menerusi keberkesanan modul komik.

Kata Kunci: Modul komik mata pelajaran perniagaan; keberkesanan; teori konstruktivisme, kuasi eksperimen; murid tingkatan 4.

Abstract

Business subjects often get a lower passing percentage when compared to other subjects. Therefore, various constructive based teaching methods have been used by teachers to overcome this issue. These approaches make the learning environment more creative and interactive, in order for the students to master the subject. One of the examples of the constructive based teaching method is using a business comic module. However, its effectiveness is still uncertain so, a study was conducted for the purpose of identifying the effectiveness of this comic module. In order to obtain an optimum outcome, quasi-experimental design was used. The sampling used is 60 form 4 students from unbalanced distribution and yet their characteristics are the same. The involved research instruments were questionnaires and evaluation tests. In addition, descriptive analysis was used to generate the comic module’s level values, while inferential analysis was used to obtain differences in the effectiveness of this comic module usage between the two groups. The findings show that the effectiveness of the module is at high level for content constructs, interactions, and importance and learning activities. Research shows, there was a significant difference for the effectiveness of the Business subject between the groups in the post –test after. The implications of the study prove that relevant constructivism theory applied which is the use comic module on form 4 students improve their achievement in Business subjects.

Keywords: Business subject comic module; effectiveness; constructivist theory, quasi -experimental; form 4 student.