Design and Development of the EASY MATH Android Application for Interactive Mathematics Learning

Abstract

The continuous growth of technology has a great impact on society and in the education field. With the technology, the lecturer can perform various activities to ensure the class session is more interactive and students are able to efficiently acquire knowledge. However, the students in the field of mathematical engineering face great challenges, such as boring class sessions, difficulty deriving mathematical functions, and complex calculations. Therefore, in this research study, the EASY MATH android application is designed, developed, and tested for students and lecturers. Rapid Application Development methodology is implemented to ensure that the development of the EASY MATH application stays on track. With the application, students and lecturers can perform various activities such as playing interactive games, viewing notes, and performing specific tutorials. To ensure the application is running as expected and no logic errors occur, a User Acceptance Test is conducted by selecting about 20 respondents. The result from 20 respondents indicate that EASY MATH is fully functioning and ready to be implemented in real-world environment scenarios. Thus, it can be concluded that EASY MATH is fully functioning and can be used by students and lecturers in understanding and delivering engineering mathematics. In future work, The System Usability Scale and Net Promoter Score are planned for implementation to evaluate the application's usability and user satisfaction towards the EASY MATH functionality and accessibility.