The effectiveness of multimedia elements integrated into calculus learning using basical mobile application

Calculus is one branch of mathematics which is not something that students can easily learn. The BasiCal mobile application is a mobile application that provided two topics in Calculus which is Function; and Limits and Continuity. The BasiCal mobile application was designed and developed by authors to transform the learning method from conventional to digital by using multimedia elements such as audio, text, interactivity, and graphics. The purpose of multimedia elements used is to make Calculus learning more interesting and motivate students to learn. This study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of the BasiCal mobile application which was conducted on 40-degree students at a private university in Malaysia. The sample is divided into two groups which are the experimental group and the control group. The students of the experimental group were exposed to learn through the BasiCal mobile application, while the students of the control group were exposed to learn through the conventional teaching method. This study is using pre-test and post-test as the instruments to examine the students on selected topics in Calculus before and after teaching sessions. The result shows that the achievement of the BMA group of students who use multimedia elements in the BasiCal Mobile Application is more effective than the achievement of the CTM group of students who use conventional methods in calculus learning. It was found that learning Calculus with multimedia elements integrated using mobile applications is beneficial to students as a learning tool in this age of technology.