How using comics can assist in determining the students’ learning of distance-time graphs

Abstract

Abstract The art of teaching mathematics at all levels requires a lot of creativity and innovation from a teacher for the students to effectively grasp what they are taught. Teachers tend to devise various means always ensure that they understand the attention of a learner in mathematics lessons bearing in mind that some learners easily switch off in mathematics lessons. In this study, we explored how a teacher can effectively use comics while teaching upper secondary students the topic of Distance-Time Graphs. The research entails that problems exists among the mathematics areas where the students face a challenge in grasping the concepts they are taught and even lose concentration more quickly while the teacher is teaching thereby falsely conceptualising that mathematics is a difficult subject. The concepts involved in this paper are in concurrent to the existing literature that the use of comics is one of the ways to draw the attention of students while teaching them. An action research approach was adopted to determine whether students’ understanding of mathematics concepts in Brunei schools could be improved using comics. The problems that 38 Year 10 students encountered while learning Distance-Time Graphs have also been elaborated in this paper, and the methodology through which comics can be incorporated into the teaching and learning process in this area has also be shown for practical application in the Brunei secondary school. There is also an elaboration on how the research concerning the use of comics in teaching was conducted and how the hypothesis was analyzed and evaluated to have a positive outcome in the teaching and learning process.