Nurlaila Hayati
ABSTRACT
This study aimed to enhance the integration of digital technology in a higher education course in Indonesia. Specifically, the implementation of the Avogadro software was originally designed to enhance students’ conceptual understanding. The participants consisted of 40 students from the Chemistry Education Department and 30 students from the Chemistry Department at a university in Bandung, Indonesia. This is an experimental study with a pre-experimental type. To assess students' conceptual understanding, pre-test and post-test were conducted, and the data were analyzed using SPSS 24. The results showed that there was a significant improvement in conceptual understanding of students of the Chemistry Education Department with a high category increase indicated by an n-gain value of 0.74. For the Chemistry Department, the improvement was in the medium category with n-gain values of 0.66. The results of inferential analysis using the Wilcoxon Test with Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) were <0.05 and showed that the pre-test and post-test scores differed significantly for both groups of students, with a higher average score in the post-test. The interactive nature of Avogadro software facilitated students' knowledge construction and made the course topic more meaningful, thereby stimulating their conceptual understanding.
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- Enhancing Integration of Digital Technology in Higher Education: The Impact of Avogadro Software on Conceptual Understanding in Organic Chemistry Courses in Indonesia
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