期刊名称:Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
印刷版ISSN:2350-7756
电子版ISSN:2350-8442
出版年度:2018
卷号:6
期号:2
页码:121-131
出版社:Lyceum of the Philippines University - Batangas
摘要:This study focused on the development and finding the effect of PhET® Interactive Simulation-based Activities in electromagnetism on the performance and learning experiences of students following the steps of the Research and Development (R & D) methodology .A panel of evaluators validated the Physics Education Technology Interactive Simulation-based Activities (PhET®ISbA) and their ratings were analyzed using the mean.The developed PhET®ISbA were tried out to 200 Grade 10 students to determine their effectiveness in teaching concepts in Physics particularly Electromagnetism via a quasi experiment following a one-group pretest-posttest design.Test results gathered from the tryout were analyzed using frequency distribution, mean, standard deviation and t-test for correlated samples.Data gathered revealed that the developed PhET®ISbA are extremely valid in terms of learning outcomes, instructional characteristics and evaluation.Findings of the tryout show that there is a significant improvement of the Physics academic performance of the students.The answers in the informal interview and feedbacks in the scientific journal of the students revealed that when PhET®ISbA were used in teaching, they acquired significant learning experiences which are synthesized into three big themes: learning Physics is fun, learning Physics is real, and learning Physics is simple and easy.Hence, the developed PhET®ISbA are found to be effective instructional materials in teaching Physics particularly Electromagnetism.The indicated findings and favorable feedback of students only prove that the developed PhET®ISbA are valid, thus, these are recommended to be used for classroom instruction for understanding Physics concepts for diverse learners.