The Acceptance and Interest of Students in Using Virtual Reality (VR) for Learning Mathematics

Abstract

Nowadays, Virtual Reality (VR) is one of the new technologies that have been used in learning session that have a positive impact on the students. This article is intended to study the students' acceptance and interest in the use of VR in learning Mathematics. This study involves 37 students, of whom are 15 male students and 22 female students with age range of 15 and 16 years from Sekolah Menengah Maahad Tahfiz Ilmuan (SMITIN) located in Bangi, Selangor. The module that contains 13 questions and 1 set of questionnaires is used to collect the research data. The findings reveal that majority of the students show good results in the use of VR as learning tools in the lesson, whereby 89% of them got grade A in the task whilst the rest of them got grade A-. These technologies have a positive impact on the students in understanding Mathematics. Furthermore, the findings show that the usage of VR in the group can not only help improve students' social skills in doing tutorial in the class but also increase their interests in learning Mathematics. The implementation of VR application has a positive impact on the students in learning Mathematics with the help of their teachers and parents. Nevertheless, parents need to control the usage of the gadgets.