Concept enhancement of undergraduate students in static fluid by using assisted web-based recitation program

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of assisted web-based recitation program of undergraduate students' concept enhancement in static fluid. It is a follow up analysis of our previous work. The mixed method with embedded experimental design was utilized with 24 undergraduate students of Physics education Universitas Negeri Malang enrolling in introductory physics course. The quantitative and qualitative data were collected by written test (pretest and posttest) with 12 reasoned multiple choices questions to analyze the students' concept enhancement after using assisted web-based recitation program. The data was analyzed with Wilcoxon signed-rank test, N-gain, d-effect and N-gainlike. The result showed that assisted web-based recitation program led to statistically significant increase in the students' concept understanding, especially in the concept of static fluid with d-effect size of 1.81 and N-gain of 0.23. In fact, this study also still found that students had difficulties in mastering some fluid static concept.