THE EFFECT OF USING ANIMATED VIDEO MEDIA ON SHORT STORY COMPREHENSION AMONG FOURTH-GRADE STUDENTS AT SDN 62 LOMPO PANINCONG, SOPPENG REGENCY

Muh Viftar (Primary School Teacher Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar)
Andi Adam (Primary School Teacher Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar)
Rahmatiah Rahmatiah (Primary School Teacher Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Muhammadiyah University of Makassar)

Klasikal: Journal of Education, Language Teaching and Science
Vol 8 No 2 (2026): Klasikal: Journal of Education, Language Teaching and Science (In Progress)

This study aims to determine the effect of animated video media on short story comprehension among fourth-grade students at SDN 62 Lompo Panincong, Soppeng Regency. A quantitative pre-experimental One Group Pretest-Posttest design was employed with a total sample of 13 fourth-grade students. Data were collected through a pretest, a treatment using animated video media, a posttest, and a student activity observation sheet, then analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (Shapiro-Wilk normality test and paired sample t-test) via SPSS 26.0. The mean pretest score of 62.77 increased to 84.85 at posttest. Both datasets were normally distributed (Sig. = 0.286 and 0.316). The paired sample t-test yielded t = -7.122 with Sig. (2-tailed) = 0.000 < 0.05, so H0 was rejected and H1 accepted. Student activity during learning reached the very good category (87.5%). It is concluded that animated video media significantly affects short story comprehension among fourth-grade students.