Abstract
Augmented reality is one of the key issues in the area of improving visual thinking in science courses such as Mathematics. Augmented reality also offers a significant and effective role in the educational process. The current study aimed to investigate the effect of augmented reality in improving visual thinking of 10th-grade students in mathematics in Jordan. To achieve the objectives of the study, the methodology used includes the application of the semi-experimental approach and augmented reality technology. The methodology used also includes preparing a test to measure visual thinking comprising (20) multiple-choice items used as a pre-and post-test, and its validity and reliability are verified. The study sample consists of (57) female students purposefully selected from the 10th-grade students at the Jerash Model Schools for the first semester of 2020/2021. The study sample is divided into two groups as follows: one is an experimental group consisting of (28) female students taught by the augmented reality technology, and the second is a control group consisting of (29) female students taught in the traditional method. The results of the study show that there are statistically significant differences at the level of (α = 0.05) in the development of visual thinking in favor of the experimental group students taught by the augmented reality technology. The study also shows that there are differences in the performance of the experimental group students in each skill of visual thinking.
Highlights
Augmented reality offers a significant and effective role in the educational process because it is one of the up-to-theminute and developed technological innovations that depend on smartphones
The study sample consists of (57) male and female students randomly distributed into two sections: one of them is experimental taught using augmented reality technology and consists of (28) male and female students, and the second is the control group taught by the traditional method and consists of (29) male and female students
This result is due to the effect of augmented reality technology in developing visual thinking in the teaching of the geometry unit for several reasons, including the technology's ability to display the model and check it from all directions and its movement, which has helped students attain the approximate sense of realism
Summary
Augmented reality offers a significant and effective role in the educational process because it is one of the up-to-theminute and developed technological innovations that depend on smartphones. Augmented reality has emerged as a development of virtual reality that requires special tools and professionalism for third-dimensional design programs. The augmented reality can be attained by less professional programs, or by using online libraries that contain a lot of previously designed third shapes. From the viewpoint of emphasizing the educational theories in the domain of educational technology on the significance of using visual thinking and its various tools such as images, shapes, graphs, and diagrams in the education process, this study investigates the possibility of the effect of augmented reality technology in the development of visual thinking among students during the educational learning process
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