Applying Activity System-Based Process Model in Augmented Reality-Based Learning for Natural Science Course in Elementary School

Abstract

Since learning environments have the support of innovational technology, blended learning environments could integrate the physical learning methods with multimedia learning materials, which combines the use of technology with the traditional teaching methods and offers a potential for teachers and students to meet the requirements of learning flexibility and innovation. This study aims to redesign a user-centered Activity System-Based Process Model (ASPM) and integrate the Augmented Reality (AR) into blended learning to implement the Augmented Reality-Based Blended Learning (ARBL) system. There were 57 participants who learned with the ARBL while the control group was made up of 52 students who learned with the Traditional Blended Learning (TBL) approach. Analytical results indicate that the learning outcomes and learning attitude of the ARBL group were better than those of the TBL group. The activity system-based process model could provide a helpful structure in the ARBL to guide course designers, teachers, and researchers for designing the AR learning activity.

Teaching and learning natural sciences using augmented reality in preschool and primary education: A literature review

“…The ability of augmented reality to effectively enrich natural sciences and their branches emerged. In a study involving 109 primary education students (experimental group: 57 students and control group: 52 students), Huang et al (2022) explored the use of augmented reality as a means to support natural science courses. The outcomes of the study indicated that students that learned through the use of the augmented reality application demonstrated a more positive attitude toward natural sciences and achieved better academic performance.…”

​​exploring the Use of Mobile Augmented Reality in Enhancing Students' Learning Outcomes​

“…Another study by Huang, Chou, Chen, and Tsai (2022) evaluated the effects of augmented reality on students' learning outcomes using an Activity System-Based Process Model in an elementary school natural science class. Students in a Taiwanese elementary school's fourth grade made up the participants.…”

Measurement of the level of knowledge of augmented reality in regular basic education teachers of the computer course in Metropolitan Lima after the first year of the health emergency caused by the COVID-19 virus

“…Likewise, through a research developed in Taiwan, the feasibility of AR for learning content, internal components of a computer, focused on the processes of motivation, understanding, learning and thinking in the construction of new knowledge was demonstrated [23].…”