Enhancing scientific reasoning abilities of non-STEM majors through mobile apps

We report on the development of a new mobile application to perform data acquisition and analysis to be used in conjunction with the investigative science learning environment (ISLE) approach to enhance learning and scientific reasoning abilities in GE courses. We will discuss our progress on developing waveform and fast Fourier transform acquisition tools for measurement of sound in the context of physics of music. We will also discuss our recent work incorporating the ISLE approach in a GE course with mobile app-based experiments.