Development of Physicist-Muslim comic for Newton’s law of motion: a needs analysis from teachers' and students' perspectives

Abstract

Newton’s Law of Motion is one of the challenging concepts that require the use of various types of resources as teaching and learning aids to improve students’ understanding of the concept. Hence, this research was conducted to analyze the need for developing an al-Quran integrated learning aid in the form of a comic for the Newton’s Law of Motion concept from the perspectives of teachers and students. The research design employed a survey study, utilizing teacher and student questionnaires as the primary research instruments. A total of 20 physics teachers and 384 senior high school students in West Sumatra were selected using a simple random sampling technique as the sample of this research. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings indicated that 65% teachers and 72.9% students agreed that Newton’s Law of Motion is a difficult concept to teach and learn. The findings also showed that only 55% of teachers employed Quranic verses to teach Physics concepts, but no teachers used educational comics in their teaching and learning sessions. However, 79.4% of students assumed that the educational comic could help them enhance their understanding of the Physics concept. In addition, the findings show that 121 students have the Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic (VAK) learning style as their most dominant learning preference; meanwhile, 95% of the learning resources only facilitate the visual learning style. Additionally, 90.6% of students state the need for the integration of the Al-Quran, which highlights the relevance of Newton’s Law. In conclusion, there is a need to develop an Al-Quran integrated learning resource in the form of a comic for the Newton’s Law of Motion concept, targeting the VAK learning style. The learning resource is designed to enhance conceptual understanding among students with diverse learning styles.