World Journal of Engineering
Research and Technology

Tineke Makahinda*

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the effect of technology-applied approach toward the process of thermodynamics lecture and the learning outcomes of students. The object of this study was the technology-applied approach, and the restricted contents taught were the zero and first law of thermodynamics. The subject of this study was the 3rd semester physics students of Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Manado State University, Indonesia. The hypothesis test with ? = 0.05 obtained tstat = 6.186 and tcritical = 2.028, therefore the test statistic fall within the critical area. Based on the differences test of two averages, the pre-test and post-test result using technology-applied approach was higher than the conventional one. The learning approach using technology applications was affected the learning outcomes of thermodynamics, since it introduced the physical symptoms and made students familiar with the principles and concepts of the laws of thermodynamics, where the technology tools was role as the supporting media of learning tools.

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