An Android-based Courseware for Electrical Circuit Course: Is It Effective Implemented?

Abstract

This study investigates the effectiveness of Android-based Courseware (AC) in teaching electrical circuits to vocational students in higher education. The courseware was developed using Android Studio and was implemented in the Electrical Circuit Course (ECC) at the Industrial Electrical Engineering study program, at Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia. The study utilized a pre-experimental design with a one-group pre-test-post-test design involving a group of students who used the AC in the learning process. The effectiveness of the AC was evaluated based on the differential analysis of pre-test and post-test scores using the paired-sample t-test. Furthermore, Cohen's d effect size analysis was used to determine the effect size. The results showed a significant difference between the post-test and pre-test scores, with the post-test scores being higher than the pre-testscores. This indicates that the courseware is effective in improving the learning process. Additionally, the effect size analysis results show that the effect of using the courseware falls within the large category. These findings suggest that AC can be an effective tool in teaching ECC and can improve student learning outcomes.