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The Effects of Mobile AR-based Biology Learning Experience on Students’ Motivation, Self‐Efficacy, and Attitudes in Online Learning

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Ciloglu, Tahsin, Ustun, Ahmet Berk·2023·Journal of Science Education and Technology
DOI 10.1007/s10956-023-10030-7PMC PMC9943739
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The purpose of this study is to enhance online biology learning with mobile augmented reality (AR) applications and to assess the impact of mobile AR applications on students' motivation, self-efficacy, and attitudes toward biology learning. Students were interviewed, and the usefulness of mobile AR applications was evaluated using a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest approach. The study group consists of 71 high school students, 26 in the control group and 45 in the experimental group, attending a public high school in the Western Black Sea Region of Turkey during the academic year 2020-2021. The self-efficacy ratings of the experimental group of students who participated in mobile AR-based biology learning were statistically higher than those of the control group after a 12-week trial. However, there were no statistically significant differences between experimental and control group students' motivation and attitudes toward biology learning. In addition, as a result of student interviews, mobile AR applications were deemed innovative, non-distracting, successful in knowledge acquisition, engaging, intriguing, and entertaining, boosting information retention, concretizing the subject, and facilitating learning.

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Ciloglu, T., & Ustun, A. B.
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Journal of Science Education and Technology
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2023-02-22
Volume
32
Issue
3
Pages
309-337
ISSN
  • 1059-0145 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-1839
DOI
10.1007/s10956-023-10030-7
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PMC9943739
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W4321434063
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  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Augmented Reality Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Mobile Learning in Education
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Education and Learning Interventions
Keywords
mobile augmented reality, biology education, online learning, student motivation, self-efficacy, attitudes toward biology, high school students, knowledge retention

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