Abstract
Mathematics is an important foundation for the development of science education. In the past, when instructors taught mathematical concepts of geometry shapes, they usually used traditional textbooks and aids to conduct teaching activities, which resulted in students not being able to understand the principles completely. Nowadays, it has become a trend to integrate emerging technologies into mathematics courses and to use digital instructional aids. Emerging technologies can effectively enhance students’ sensory experience while strengthening their impressions and understandings of subject concepts. In this paper, we apply virtual reality immersive technologies to develop a “virtual reality immersive learning mathematics geometry system,” which is used to teach mathematical geometry concepts. Teachers use the system to develop three basic mathematical geometry learning materials: “Triangular pyramid volume = 1/3 prism volume,” “Cone volume calculation,” and “Triangle center of gravity derivation.” In the experimental activity, the teacher uses virtual reality teaching aids to guide students to learn mathematical geometry concepts in a fun way so that they can achieve the effectiveness of immersive learning. This study explores the impact of using the virtual reality immersive learning mathematics geometry system on students’ technology acceptance, learning motivations, and learning performance. The experimental result showed that using the virtual reality immersive learning mathematics geometry system can improve the learning motivation and learning performance of students. The findings indicated that the experimental group had better learning outcomes after completing the learning tasks of three geometric units. The experimental group used the virtual reality immersive learning mathematics geometry system which can lead to better learning outcomes. According to the ARCS questionnaire, students in the experimental group were confident to understand new subjects. At the same time, the mode of completing the game can effectively give students a sense of accomplishment. The use of emerging technologies in the classroom can be an attractive learning mode for students.
Highlights
LITERATURE REVIEWMathematics is a very important cornerstone of science education, and a kind of regular logic science
Virtual Reality (VR) is an emerging technology that is gradually being used as a teaching aid for mathematics, it can make it easier for students to learn
Most of the students reported that the virtual reality immersive learning mathematics geometry system using headset 3D helmets to make the learning process fun for the experimental group, and it was easier for the experimental group to focus on their learning, which was the key to catch students’ attention (Huang and Chen, 2019)
Summary
Mathematics is a very important cornerstone of science education, and a kind of regular logic science. The virtual reality immersive learning mathematics geometry system was used to complete three important geometric units learning tasks, such as “Triangular pyramid volume = 1/3 prism volume,” “Cone volume calculation,” and “Triangle center of gravity derivation.”. Teachers can use these three mathematics learning aids to enhance students’ learning motivation in mathematics courses, making the abstract concept of geometric space more concrete, and at the same time, greatly enhance their conceptual thinking. The teacher’s educational model of combining mathematics concepts through virtual reality emerging technologies provides teachers the opportunity to teach students with better motivation for learning, and to understand students’ learning status. The novelty of the system is that it records students’ actions and responses, and sends them to the virtual reality immersive learning mathematics geometry system, allowing teachers to know students’ learning status in real-time, focusing on the system function of immediate assessment
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