Designing Modeling-based Physics Online Learning Assisted with Home-lab-kit
Abstract
Learning Physics online can lead to issues such as lack of student engagement and limited access to laboratory activities. This work aims to develop modeling-based physics online learning assisted with home-lab-kit to ease up on those problems. Home-lab-kit is an Arduino-based experimental kit delivered to students in advance before class. The learning model was designed by adapting the constructivism paradigm. We designed the learning activity and implemented it in a group of 10 college students majoring in physical education. Using a self-report checklist, we measure students’ engagement before and after the learning process. There is an improvement in students’ engagement with a normalized gain of 0.33, which can be classified as a medium improvement. It shows that the modeling-based physics online learning assisted with home-lab-kit is feasible in keeping the students engaded. In addition, students respond well to the learning model implementation and the supporting materials.
Keywords: modeling-based physics, online learning assisted, home-lab-kit
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