Augmented Reality Module to Improve Mathematical Communication: Is it Necessary for Elementary Students?

Abstract

Mathematical communication is one of the basic math skills. It can be developed on a math lesson with all the learning resources that students and teachers have. Module based Augmented Reality (AR) is one alternative learning resources that can help students and teacher during the learning process. The purpose of this study is to know the importance of the AR module to improve mathematical communication of elementary students. This study uses a survey with questionnaire distribution and interview session. The data were collected from the elementary schools in Kulon Progo District, Yogyakarta with total respondents of 1000. The findings revealed that total percentage of the students’ level in Mathematical communication was 40,3% (low category) and the level of students’ Mathematical communication on each aspect was 48,68% (low category). The teacher did not have the learning resources to develop mathematical communication. In fact, the students are very interested in the gadget. It will be beneficial to develop an AR module by involving gadget to improve the students’ Mathematical communication. Keywords—augmented reality, elementary student; module, mathematical communication