Interactive learning tools can facilitate the learning process and increase student engagement, especially tools such as computer programs that are designed for human-computer interaction. Thus, this paper aims to help students learn five different methods for solving nonlinear equations using an interactive learning tool designed with common principles such as feedback, visibility, affordance, consistency, and constraints. It also compares these methods by the number of iterations and time required to display the result. This study helps students learn these methods using interactive learning tools instead of relying on traditional teaching methods. The tool is implemented using the MATLAB app and is evaluated through usability testing with two groups of users that are categorized by their level of experience with root-finding. Users with no knowledge in root-finding confirmed that they understood the root-finding concept when interacting with the designed tool. The positive results of the user evaluation showed that the tool can be recommended to other users.

Nowadays, technology has become an essential part of our daily life. It has proven its effectiveness in many areas. One of these areas is education, where interactive educational tools have appeared to facilitate many complex scientific concepts. Meanwhile, singular value decomposition (SVD) is a linear transformation method used in many applications such as image processing. This paper aims to propose an interactive learning tool-based Graphical User Interface (GUI) using MATLAB for SVD as a technique for applying the image compression. The tool provides the user a step by step illustration of the SVD technique for image compression and allows him to try the application by compressing an image. The tool developed using MATLAB 2019b. The interactive tool enables visualization of the image compression, and it is tested with ten students to evaluate the traditional learning method against the interactive learning method. The results showed that the tool improved the learning since the treatment group used it to get better or equal results in the theoretical questions. Also, they get much better results in the practical question. The tool could motivate the students to learn the topic since the treatment group was more satisfied than the control group.