DEVELOPMENT OF A BIMA FOLKLORE-BASED COMIC TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION AND INDEPENDENCE CHARACTER TRAITS OF FIFTH GRADE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS

This study aims to develop a learning medium in the form of a comic based on the Bima folk tale entitled La Golo: Strong Because We Are Together, Great Because We Are Independent to improve the character of mutual cooperation and independence among elementary school students. The development was carried out using the ADDIE model, which includes the stages of analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. The research sample consisted of 48 fifth-grade students, divided into 24 students in the experimental class and 24 students in the control class, selected using purposive sampling. Data collection was conducted through expert validation questionnaires related to media, materials, and language, teacher and student response questionnaires, and multiple-choice character tests that had been tested for validity and reliability.Data analysis was conducted descriptively and inferentially, including normality tests, homogeneity tests, N-Gain calculations, and t-tests (Paired Sample t-test). The results showed that the La Golo comic was considered highly valid by experts, and the responses from teachers and students were categorized as highly practical.