Abstract
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IN SCIENCE BASED ON AUGMENTED REALITY IN DEVELOPING VISUAL THINKING SKILLS AT BASIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PALESTINE
The objective of current research is to develop Visual Thinking Skills through the teaching of the unit in Science at the basic Fifth grade from the basic education in Palestine.
The research group consists of (40) students, of Al Qwasima school in Hebron government, (20) of them represent experimental group which study according to Augmented Reality based program in Science and the other (20) students represent the control group. The application of program had one month in the second term of the year 2019.
The researcher used the experimental approach and the quasi- experimental design in this study. A Visual Thinking Skills measurement also used. It was applied on the two groups before and after applying the study. The educational material was prepared, according to the program based on Augmented Reality. The researcher used different statistical methods, which consisted of the arithmetic means, standard deviations.
The result of research: There are significant statistically function differences between mean scores of students in the control group and experimental group in the post application of the Visual Thinking Skills test in favor of students of the experimental group. There are significant statistically function differences between mean scores of students in the experimental group which studies according to the proposed program in both pre and post applications of the Visual Thinking Skills test in favor of post application.
In light of the results of the study, the researcher recommended that: Augmented Reality based program should be activated in both schools and universities teaching, professional training and rehabilitation for the teachers should be provided, and more research on the effects of Augmented Reality should be conducted on different variables and, schooling levels and other subjects.
Keywords
Augmented Reality, Thinking Skills.
