Research in Physics Education
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024)

The role of PHET-based virtual laboratories on primary student motivation and conceptual understanding in the Energy Transformation concepts

Sopari (Unknown)
Kurnia Jayadinata, Asep (Unknown)
Ismail, Ali (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 May 2024

Abstract

This research was conducted based on the importance of motivation and understanding of concepts at the elementary school level. Learning with a PhET-based virtual laboratory is an innovative approach in science education that can help visualize abstract concepts. A quantitative descriptive method was chosen for this study, with a pre-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design. The sample consisted of fourth-grade students from public primary schools in Indonesia. The instruments used in this study were observation guidelines, questionnaires, and test questions. The results showed that the implementation of PhET-based virtual laboratory learning received an average score of 97.77%, which is considered very good. Motivation after learning with the PhET-based virtual laboratory had an average score of 71%, indicating a good level. Students' conceptual understanding increased after the implementation of PhET-based virtual laboratory learning, with the average pretest score rising from 55.8% to a posttest score of 77.2%.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ripe

Publisher

Subject

Physics

Description

he Research in Phyiscs Education (RiPE) is firmly established as an authoritative voice in the world of phyiscs education. RiPE publishes scholarly papers that focus on the teaching and learning of physics in school settings ranging from primary education to university education. It bridges the gap ...