ERIC Number: EJ1338664
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Publication Date: 2022-Aug
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Effects of Ubiquitous-Physics App on Students' Inquiry Behaviors and Learning Achievements
Hwang, Wu-Yuin; Purba, Siska Wati Dewi
Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, v31 n4 p439-450 Aug 2022
The Ubiquitous-Physics (U-Physics) app was upgraded to help students in learning inclined plane concepts. The new version of U-Physics allows students to see the experimental data not only in a graphical representation but also in a tabular representation. U-Physics provides a whiteboard function to support data explanations. The study investigated the differences between experimental students who use U-Physics (EG) and control students who do not use the app (CG) in terms of learning achievements. Additionally, we studied the free body diagram ability of students by giving them a test and analyzed its relationship to inquiry behaviors (interpreting graphs, applying formulas, and drawing conclusions) and learning achievements. Two 11th-grade classes (EG = 15 and CG = 32) participated in this quasi-experimental design. Our findings showed that the students who use U-Physics performed better than those who do not use the app in terms of learning achievements. Inquiry behaviors have a significant correlation with students' learning achievements, and drawing conclusions is a predictor to affect students' learning achievements. Additionally, most students agreed that U-Physics is beneficial for their physics learning. Thus, we strongly suggest teachers to use U-Physics and involve inquiry behaviors in physics laboratories to enhance students' inquiry thinking and learning achievements while conducting physics experiments.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Science Achievement, Inquiry, Grade 11, Secondary School Science, Correlation, Predictor Variables, Logical Thinking, Science Laboratories, Visual Aids
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 11; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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