The effect of mobile augmented reality applications in science lesson on student's academic success and their attitude towards science lesson

In this research, it was aimed to determine the effect of MAG applications used in primary school fourth grade Science lesson on students' academic achievements and attitudes towards Science course. The application process of the research was carried out with fourth grade students studying at a public school located in the Çay district of Afyonkarahisar Province in the 2021-2022 academic year. In the research, a semi-experimental design with a pre-test-post-test control group, which is one of the quantitative research methods, was used. The sample of the research was made up of 49 students in the fourth grade studying at a public school in the Çay district of Afyonkarahisar Province in the 2021-2022 academic year. While the lessons were processed by applying the activities included in the Science course curriculum to the students in the control group, the lessons were processed by MAG applications to the students in the experimental group. The applications applied to the students in the experimental group are "Quiver", "Unite AR", "Space 4D", "Arloopa" and MAG applications prepared by the researcher on the "Unity AR-Vuforia" program. The research lasted for a total of 5 weeks from 3 lesson hours per week. The achievement test prepared by the researcher and the "Attitude Scale towards Science Course" developed by Nuhoğlu (2008) were applied to the experimental and control groups as a pre-test and post-test. SPSS 22 statistical package program was used in the analysis of the data. In the research, the averages of pre-test and post-test achievement test scores of the entire sample were examined in order to examine the impact of MAG applications on the academic achievement of students in the Science course and their attitude towards the Science course on the subject of "Movements of Our World". As a result of the studies conducted, it has been seen that the use of MAG applications is effective in increasing the academic achievement of students and their attitudes towards Science course.