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The Use of Mobile Application as a Media in Physics Learning
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This article aimed to investigate the use of mobile application among physics teachers in terms of its use as a tool for physics experiment and the obstacles faced by teachers. The data were collected using a questionnaire consisted of 15 questions. The participants were physics teachers in SMP/MTs and SMA/MA (junior high schools and high schools) in West Java, Indonesia. The questionnaire was delivered through social media Whatsapp in a form of Google Form. The results showed that mobile application had not been widely used by the teachers as a tool for physics experiment. This condition occured because of their limited knowledge in using mobile application as a tool for physics experiment. It is expected that the use of mobile application training will be a solution in updating ICT skills of physics teachers.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30870/jppi.v5i1.3732
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