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Journal : Proceedings of the 1st UR International Conference on Educational Sciences

The Development of Microsoft Excel-Based Computer Simulation to Improve the Student’s Concept Understanding on Buffer Solutions Khaldun, Ibnu; Hanum, Latifah; Habibati, Habibati
Proceedings of the UR International Conference on Educational Sciences 2018: Proceedings of the 2nd UR International Conference on Educational Sciences
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The utilization of computer as a learning media is very important especially in this sophisticated era. With the help of computer, the learning process will run more effectively and efficiently. But in fact, chemistry learning has not been utilizing the IT facilities widely as a medium of learning. The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of computer-based simulation learning media on the subject of buffer solution in terms of validity and effectiveness of Microsoft Excel-based computer simulation that was developed to improve the students’ conceptual understanding. Media development method in this research used ADDIE model which includes Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation. The results showed that computer-based learning media simulation of Microsoft Excel on buffer solution in terms of validity was feasible to use. The percentage of media worthiness was 81.00% according to the material experts and 81.57% of the media experts. Microsoft Excel-based computer simulation media developed effectively against conceptual understanding of buffer material. The students’ conceptual comprehension increased with N-gain value 89.17%.
Smartphone Use and its Effects on the Student Final Grade (a case study in the Environmental ChemistryClass) Nazar, Muhammad; Muliana, Rahmi; Hanum, Latifah
Proceedings of the UR International Conference on Educational Sciences 2018: Proceedings of the 2nd UR International Conference on Educational Sciences
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This research aimed at investigating the effects of smartphone usage on the environmental chemistry student’s final grades and identifying the dominant applications used by students in order to help the learning process during environmental chemistry course taking. The participants in this research were 24 students who enrolled the environmental chemistry course in the even semester of academic year 2017/2018. The duration of smartphone usage data was collected by using App Usage application, student responses were recorded using questionnaires and the final scoreobtained from the final test results. The result reveals that for every 1000 seconds increase of smartphone use yields an increase in a final score about 1 point (out of 100). In the other word, the independent variable can explain the dependent variable of about 16.4%. The app usage also recorded that some applications dominantly used by students in the environmental chemistry coursewere found to be browser application such as Chrome and MozillaFirefox, data processing application such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point and PDF Reader. This result implies that if the use of smartphone is properly controlled, the positive effects could be gained.