The Influence of Traditional and Digital English Textbooks on Students’ Learning Interest
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https://doi.org/10.71289/stem.v2i1.19Keywords:
Traditional textbooks, Digital textbooks, Learning interestAbstract
The purpose of this research is to analyse the influence of using traditional and digital English textbooks to improve students' learning interest. The research employed a quantitative method using a pre-experimental one-group pretest–posttest design. The subjects were 29 students of class XII.1 at SMAN 9 Tana Toraja, selected through cluster random sampling. Data were collected through pre- and post-observations. The results showed that the use of traditional textbooks increased the average learning interest score from 13.93 to 16.45, with a significance value of 0.000 (< 0.05), an effect size of 0.69 (medium category), and an N-Gain in the low category. Meanwhile, the use of digital textbooks increased the score from 15.76 to 23.55, with a significance value of 0.000 (< 0.05), an effect size of 1.84 (large category), and an N-Gain in the high category. Thus, both traditional and digital textbooks have a significant influence on improving students’ learning interest.
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