Development of Multimedia Application for Learning Algebra

Abstract

New technology and advancement in computer technology has attracted educators and researchers to develop educational computer applications. These learning applications help to enrich learning materials with the utilization of multimedia presentation. The objective of this study is to assess the undergraduate engineering students’ understanding of algebra and to develop a multimedia application for learning algebra. The study was carried out in three stages. In the first stage, a set of questionnaire was distributed to 113 students and a set of test was given to 60 students. The second stage was the development of the application and the third stage, the evaluation of the developed application. The survey and test result show that most of the students have difficulties in understanding algebra especially in the subtopic of factorization. In turn, an Algebra Tutor was developed based on the survey information and the students’ test result.

Keywords: Algebra, Multimedia Application, Factorization