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Hyperspace AR: an augmented reality application to enhance spatial skills and conceptual knowledge of students in trigonometry

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The mathematics curriculum has become more dynamic, rigorous, and interdisciplinary in recent years. Therefore, complementing the academic concepts with practical and experiential learning is essential to optimize the learning outcomes. When daunting scientific principles and topics are implemented by traditional diagrams and equations, most students have trouble visualizing; restricting their ability to grasp the idea in detail. Augmented reality has recently become an engineering education method to teach abstract concepts as it enhances the visualization and understanding of technical concepts. In this paper, an augmented reality-based application, ‘Hyperspace’, was developed to enhance undergraduate students’ spatial skills and conceptual knowledge in trigonometry. Hyperspace provides students with features such as augmenting three-dimensional trigonometric functions. These trigonometric functions are dynamically generated using procedural content generation algorithms and computer graphics in augmented reality. An experimental study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of Hyperspace on the spatial skills and conceptual knowledge of the students. In total, 127 first-year engineering students took part in the study, and they were randomly assigned to two groups. The students of one group were taught using an AR-based application, and students of the other group were taught using a traditional approach. The experimental outcomes indicate that the augmented reality-based application ‘Hyperspace’ has significantly enhanced the spatial skills and conceptual knowledge of students when learning about trigonometry.

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Singh, G., Singh, G., Tuli, N. et al. Hyperspace AR: an augmented reality application to enhance spatial skills and conceptual knowledge of students in trigonometry. Multimed Tools Appl 83, 60881–60902 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-023-17870-w

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