African Educational Research Journal - Vol. 9 - Full Length Research Paper - The effect of using augmented reality based teaching material on students' academic success and opinions

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This full-length research paper investigates how augmented reality (AR) course materials influence students’ academic achievement, learning permanence, and opinions regarding coding-related instruction. A mixed-method approach is used, combining a semi-experimental pretest-posttest control-group design and a phenomenology-based qualitative component. Quantitative evidence is collected through an achievement test, while qualitative perspectives are gathered via semi-structured interviews. The study includes 64 university students in Turkey, and results show higher achievement and permanence for the AR group, with qualitative findings highlighting efficiency, comprehensibility, convenience, and stronger learning impact. The authors recommend expanding AR to other courses and fields.

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African Educational Research Journal Vol. 9(1), pp. 273-289, March 2021 DOI: 10. 30918/AERJ.91.21.035 ISSN: 2354-2160 Full Length Research Paper The effect of using augmented reality based teaching material on students' academic success and opinions* Ayşe Ülkü Kan1** and Erhan Özmen2 1 Faculty of Education, Firat 2 Distance Learning Center, Accepted 17 March, 2021 University, Turkey. Firat University, Turkey. | ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research is to determine the effect of course material developed with augmented reality (AR) technology in teaching subjects related to coding on students' academic achievement, their level of permanence in learning and their opinions on the process. The mixed method was used in the study. In the quantitative dimension of the research, semi-experimental design with pretest-posttest control group, and in qualitative dimension phenomenology pattern were preferred. The quantitative data of the research were collected with the achievement test and the qualitative data were collected with a semi-structured interview form. The study group consists of 64 students attending a university in Computer Programming department in Turkey. There are 34 students in the experimental group and 30 students in the control group. The prepared achievement test was applied to the students as pretest, posttest and permanence test. After the application, interviews were made with 15 students selected from the experimental group. As a result of the research, it is seen that the academic achievement and permanence levels of students in the experimental group using AR course material for teaching coding education are higher than the students in the control group. According to the results obtained from the qualitative dimension of the research , it has been determined that AR technology provides many advantages such as efficiency, permanence, comprehensibility and convenience on learning; accordingly, it has been suggested that it should be expanded in different courses and fields.
Keywords: Augmented reality, virtual reality, coding education. | | --- | | * This study is based on Erhan Özmen’s master thesis conducted under the supervision of Ayşe Ülkü Kan.
** Corresponding author. E-mail: [aulkukan@yahoo.com. Tel:](aulkukan@yahoo.com. Tel:) +905303493847. Fax: +904242365064 . | INTRODUCTION Societies show their determinant to development and progress with the importance they attach to science and technology. Human beings have lived an integral life with technology since the day they were born. In ancient times, the drawings, carvings and tools from wood and stone in the living space of people were considered as part of the technology. As a result of the industrial revolution, technology has become a whole with the society that has undergone serious changes. The changes that have taken place have led the people, and the people have led the technology (Aksoy, 2003) . These developments have increased the connection of many fields with technology. One of these areas is education (Küçük et al. , 2014) . Therefore, as a result of transformations in technology, it has become a necessity to make certain changes in education. Accordingly, differences have emerged in the needs of the individuals and the system, and education systems have become a system that internalizes daily and rapid learning instead of traditional understanding (Ekici, 2012) . While these transformations revealed new learning approaches, they brought the fact that these approaches needed to their own learning environments. Technology has changed the world over time and societies have also diversified in teaching in order to adapt to the changing world (Göktaş et al. , 2012) . This situation has put the concept of educational technology into our lives. Educational technology is the systematic use of technology output in the field of science and behavioral science, in order to enable students to learn (Alpar, Batdal and Avcı, 2

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What is the study’s main purpose?

To determine the effect of augmented reality (AR) based course materials on students’ academic success, learning permanence, and opinions in coding-related subjects.

How was the research conducted?

The study used a mixed-method approach: a semi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design for quantitative data and phenomenology for qualitative data, supported by semi-structured interviews.

What were the key results comparing the AR group and control group?

Students using AR course material achieved higher academic achievement and stronger permanence than students in the control group.

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