Abstract

This study aims to investigate the relationship between instructional media with students’ attitude on History subject. One of the aspects to be studied is to identify the differences in the use of the four media in learning based on gender and its relationship with the students' attitudes on History subject. A total of 200 students were selected as respondents from several schools in the district of Hulu Langat, Selangor. One set of questionnaire was employed to measure the tendency of students’ usage of instructional media. Overall, the tendency of students to use instructional media is at high level except for audio-learning media. The t- test showed that there is a difference between the use of visual learning and audio-visual learning based on genders. The Pearson correlation indicated that there is a significant relationship between instructional media with students' attitude towards History subject. The implications of this study on students and teachers is the need to enhance the skills of instructional media as so that the teachers would be able to provide a more effective impact as the result of applying it in students’ learning. Teachers should also make instructional media as a teaching tool during the teaching and learning process