The Effect of Application Based Android to Develop the Knowledge of Plant Identification for Biology Education College Student

Abstract

Plant identification is a process of determining plant species based on classification system by observing either morphological structure or anatomical structure of the plant. The aim of this study for determine the effect of using applications on the ability to identify plants for biology education college students by comparing the identification abilities of students after carrying out plant identification activities using matching plant the characteristic of object methods and application based android. The research design used the pretest – post test group design technique. Furthermore, data analysis used N-gain test to determine the improvement of collage students' abilities and independent sample t-test to determine the effect of the use of application based android on the ability to identify plants with the prerequisite test for the normality test and homogeneity of the research sample. The results showed that there were differences in the improvement of students' abilities in plant identification activities. The data showed that the increase in knowledge in the treatment class was higher due to the use of application based android by students. The independent-sample t-test analysis showed the sig value. 0.00 (<0.05). It indicates that there is a significant difference in increasing student knowledge in plant identification activities in classes, where the experimental class shows a better improvement than the control class. Thus it can be concluded that the use of application based android affects the ability of plant identification in college students

Use of a mobile plant identification application and the out‐of‐school learning method in biodiversity education

“…Activities utilizing the PlantNet mobile application provide more permanent information about plant species than computer‐based digital herbarium activities (Iskrenovic‐Momcilovic, 2020 ). As a result of plant identification activities conducted with PlantNet, it was observed that students' plant identification skills improved significantly (Santri et al., 2021 ), and a significant improvement was observed in students' awareness and levels of concern about environmental problems (Álvarez‐Herrero, 2023 ). Secondary school students used PlantNet, traditional image‐based printed identification keys, and unstructured searches on the Internet to identify plants and stated that PlantNet was the least difficult of these methods (Lang & Šorgo, 2022 ).…”

“…Similarly, high school students identified the PlantNet application as a successful tool for identifying plant species, and it was observed that they had learned more as a result of this activity (Muchsin et al., 2021 ). Meanwhile, it was emphasized that the taxonomy of some plants does not correspond to their actual names in PlantNet identifications, and therefore users should be more cautious when identifying plant species with PlantNet (Santri et al., 2021 ). Although the students chose PlantNet as the method with which they encountered the fewest difficulties in plant identification, they indicated that books would be their future method of choice for species identification (Lang & Šorgo, 2022 ).…”