Designing augmented reality-based teaching resource of three dimensional geometry

Abstract

Indonesia, like many other countries, sees Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a potential tool for enhancing education and the country is keen to integrate this digital technology in the classroom classrooms. Therefore, since 2004 Indonesian Ministry Education and Culture has stipulated a regulation on the implementing the technology in teaching and learning process. Furthermore, since 2013 Indonesian government implemented a new curriculum emphasizing the use of ICT in the classroom. Recently, Augmented Reality (AR) is one of digital technologies that has received increasing attention for teaching and learning of mathematics. However, lack of research has been devoted to design and develop Augmented Reality-Based teaching resources for secondary school mathematics. This study aimed at designing and developing Augmented Reality - based teaching resources (e.g., lesson plans, student worksheets and Augmented Reality Applets) for teaching Geometry in senior secondary schools. In order to achieve the aim, in this study, we employed a design research model proposed by Plomp and Nieveen. This model consists of three phases that are preliminary phase, prototyping phase and assessment phase. It is important to note that this paper reports results from preliminary. In the preliminary phase we distributed questionnaires to teachers and students which were then followed by interviews. The findings revealed that teachers and students were keen to integrate Augmented Reality technology in teaching and learning mathematics. Furthermore, the teachers expected to be equipped with ICT-based learning resources that support discovery and project based teaching approach. Based on the findings, we designed and developed Augmented Reality applet, lesson plan and student worksheet for teaching three dimensional geometry in senior secondary schools with a project based-teaching approach.