Effects of Mobile Augmented Reality and Self-Regulated Learning on Students’ Concept Understanding

Abstract

Several studies have shown an increase in students' interest towards implementing augmented reality. The majority of these studies focus on how this technology can affect student performance with various abilities and skills. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine differences in students understanding level after using mobile augmented reality and conventional learning based on their self-regulated learning levels in the solar system class. Data were obtained from 91 students, with 47 of them in the experimental group using mobile augmented reality, while the remaining 44 are in the control group using conventional learning. This study measured students’ self-regulated learning ability using a four-point Likert scale and 2multiple-choice questions. This result showed higher levels of concept understanding among students in the experimental group compared to the control. Furthermore, the results indicate the effect of the self-regulated learning level towards students' concepts understanding. It showed that students with high self-regulated learning levels had a different conceptual understanding from those with low self-regulated learning levels.