Developing Love for the Environment-Based Science Comic to Improve Elementary School Student Higher-Order Thinking Skills

Abstract

Globalization and the 21st century highlight thinking skills and environmental crises as well as careless attitudes towards the culture of the country itself. Meanwhile, one goal of science in elementary education is to make students scientifically curious, improve their scientific attitudes and skills, and turn them into behavior. This study aims to develop a love for the environment-based science comic in elementary schools. This comic uses punakawan shadow puppets as characters. A research and development (R&D) model was used in this study. The data collection techniques include interview, observation, validator assessment, achievement tests (pretest-posttest), student and teacher responses, and documentation. The results demonstrate that the love for the environment-based science comic can improve student higher-order thinking skills. It is expected that the punakawan shadow puppets used in this study can enrich student citizenship literacy and become a media to maintain the nation's identity.