Investigating the Effectiveness of the Educational Program Based on Augmented Reality on the Academic Engagement and Cognitive Skills of Elementary School Students

Subject Areas : Creativity and innovation from psychological, epistemological, educational and pedagogical

Sara AbediKooshki ¹ , Hesam Hasanpoor ² , Sara Malaijardi ^{3 *}

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Computer and Information Technology, Sabzevar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sabzevar, Iran.
3 - Master of Curriculum Planning, Islamic Azad University, Sabzevar branch, Iran.

Received: 2025-01-07 Accepted : 2025-06-17 Published : 2025-08-27

Keywords: Augmented Reality, Academic Engagement, Cognitive Skills, Educational Program, Elementary School Students,

Abstract :

Objective: The present study investigated the effectiveness of an educational program based on augmented reality on the academic engagement and cognitive skills of elementary school students.

Research Method: The research method is a quasi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test design. The statistical population was all female fourth grade students in the city of Niqab in the academic year 1402-1403, numbering 400 people. Among these students, 50 people were selected through available sampling and were divided into two random groups of 25 people. The experimental group was trained in 6 40-minute augmented reality sessions. In this study, two cognitive skills questionnaires, Karami (1381) and Rio's academic engagement questionnaire (2013), whose reliability coefficients were calculated to be 0.88 and 0.80, respectively, were used as data collection tools. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics and multivariate analysis of covariance in SPSS 20 software.

Findings: The findings showed that the augmented reality-based educational program had a significant effect on academic engagement (F = 234.89) and cognitive skills (F = 132.67) of elementary school students. The parametric eta square showed the intensity of this effect for academic engagement (0.79) and for cognitive skills (0.83), which indicates a high intensity of the effect.

Conclusion: The augmented reality-based educational program is effective in academic engagement and cognitive skills of elementary school students and has the potential to replace old and outdated techniques and textbook-based study. Therefore, it is recommended that teachers use these new educational methods in their education of students.

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