A didactic sequence design for the use of augmented reality in the teaching process of the human body in elementary education

Abstract

The following research evaluates the impact on 4th grade elementary school students´ meaningful learning through the design and implementation of a didactic sequence that includes the use of augmented reality applications in order to teach about the circulatory, respiratory and digestive systems. Such didactic sequence was designed over the content of the SEP free text books, including as an augmented reality tool the application called Arloon Anatomy. The results obtained through statistical tests, U de Mann-Whitney and Wilcoxon, show that the impact is positive in the teaching-learning process, finding that the use of Augmented Reality aroused interest and stimulated the desire to learn motivating students to be more proactive, increased the level of attention and fostered an investigative spirit through the discovery of the functioning of the human body.