Collaborative Approaches to Problem-Solving on Lines and Angles Using Augmented Reality

Abstract

The concepts of 2D geometry are often taught in classrooms without the analysis of the learners' understanding and interpretation of the existence of the concepts in natural surroundings. To bring in active participation of the students while they realize the practical application of the taught concepts, we have designed a module on Lines and Angles of an Augmented Reality (AR) intervention named ScholAR. Using ScholAR, the students can interact with an augmented 3D object. They can recall, visualize, identify the type of angle and then mark it by drawing on that 3D object. We performed a comparative study with 21 participants (6 dyads and 9 individuals) of 8th grade. In this paper, we report: 1) the perspectives of the students on their experience of performing the AR learning activities individually and in dyads, 2) the students' approaches while solving the AR learning activities, and 3) their motivation of using ScholAR. We found that 90.4% of the total participants preferred to perform the AR learning activities in collaboration. At α=0.05 (t=2.21, p=0.048), the performance of the dyads was significantly higher after using ScholAR. The usability and motivation level scores, however, were higher for the individuals (70.28; M=4.07) as compared to the dyads (65.23; M=3.94).