Warmth: A 2D Simulator for Heat and Temperature Physics 8

Abstract

The technology was being innovated continuously in the past years. It became beneficial for humans and they used it for different purposes such as school, work, entertainment, etc. As time passed, technology especially gadgets became a distraction for students. This study aimed to develop a simulation that can help Grade 8 students understand heat and temperature in its different molecular level in a way that they like most, which is using gadgets or an application.A survey was conducted to the grade 8 students S.Y. 2017-2018 asking on which subject are they having a hard time the most. The sprites and contents of the application were made and three teachers were asked to validate the contents. After everything was ready, a game was developed using game developer software with the help of a consultant. A pretest was conducted to the grade 8 students S.Y. 2019-2020. Using a cluster sampling technique and random sampling technique, the controlled and experimental group was chosen. When they were already divided into two groups, the researchers distributed the application to the experimental group. After a specific duration of time, the same questionnaires were distributed as a posttest to the same batch and a survey asking about the application's performance was given to the experimental group. After gathering all the data needed, the data was analyzed using z-test. Results showed that the experimental group’s scores in the pretest (7.29) and the posttest (10.07) has a difference. It is observable that their score in the posttest is higher than the score in the pretest. Comparing the mean score of the controlled group (7.97) and the experimental group’s (10.07) posttest, it is observable that the mean score of the experimental group is higher. The application was able to get an average rate of 2.83 for its overall performance. There is also a significant difference between the experimental group and the controlled group’s posttest. After the experimentation and data analysis were conducted, the results showed that the application was able to help the students in understanding the topic Heat and Temperature of Physics 8. The participants in the experimental group were able to perform better on their posttest and had a higher mean score than the controlled group.