USE OF AN INTERACTIVE SIMULATION: PROJECTILE MOTION
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The objectives of this research were to develop an instructional media and to investigate the understanding of the participating students using the interactive simulation media on projectile motion. The target group consisted of 134 Construction Engineering Technology freshmen in the Department of Industrial Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, enrolling in the Fundamental Physics course in the first semester of the 2018 academic year. The research instruments included the interactive simulation media on projectile motion which was operated on the website,
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/projectile-motion, the projectile motion worksheets, and a semi-structured interview. The research results were that the instructional media was derived and, when it was implemented together with the worksheets, it enabled the students to clearly perceive various patterns of projectile motion as well as to understand about the topic better. The media was convenient to implement in lecture classes, could save instructional media preparation time, did not require payment, and was suitable to use in physics classes. From examining the understanding of the students from their worksheets and the semi-structure interview, it was revealed that they could understand the topic better and perceive the motion more clearly after the instructional media was implement in class. Thus, the media was able to implement in physics classes and could be developed as an instructional media on projectile motion.
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