Textile technology students’ perception towards the application of vector ruler as a teaching tool in learning introductory physics / Amin Aadenan …[et al.]

This paper presents the application of a teaching tool called “Vector Ruler (VR)” on the Textile
Technology students’ perception in learning Introductory Physics. The main objective of this
study is to identify the effectiveness of utilizing Vector Ruler in teaching and learning
Introductory Physics on non-major students based on their perspectives and learning
preferences. The purpose is to overcome their difficulties in understanding the fundamental
physics concepts and to provide an insight to educators on the importance of teaching and
learning strategies to be developed and employed by them. The study was conducted using
ADDIE model as a main framework on the first year students enrolled into the Diploma in
Textile Technology at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Negeri Sembilan, Kuala Pilah
Campus for the Academic Year of 2019-2020. Based on the results obtained, majority of the
students agreed with the utilization of Vector Ruler as a teaching tool is considerably useful in
teaching and learning Introductory Physics where all the responses are above the average. In
addition, the majority of the students strongly agreed that their desire to learn Introductory
Physics is high if lecturers integrate the use of teaching tool during lecture. This concludes that
most students agreed that the combination of using a teaching tool with the traditional teaching
methods is an alternative way to improve their motivation, understanding and visualization.
Thus, offers an insight for educators to diversify their teaching methods based on the non-major
students’ preferences.