Augmented Reality in Chemistry Education - Second Test Session in School

05.05- Second Futuclass AR test session with students

Summary

General

• 16 students from 9th grade and 1 chemistry teacher took part of the lesson
• Lesson was hosted physically in TERA : students were grouped into small groups of 2-3 people
• It was Futuclass AR ver. 0.08 that was tested
• Delivering the application to the students’ iPad via TestFlight was unsuccessful due to Apple School Management permission issue
• Alternatively, application was installed on the iPad provided by Futuclass
• Feedback form was created using Google Forms by Roland to let students fill them in after the testing session
• Overall 13 of 16 raised their hand if asked: “Would you like to learn chemistry using an analogous AR application.”
  

Actionable feedback

• Could not exit the game to change the game mode when playing find the correct ->** Add a pop-up menu and gather all the functional buttons there including an exit button**
• Although taping to choose a molecule was intuitive after playing through find the correct, students still did multiple taps to feel confident. ->** Design a multiple tap confirmation feedback (on-screen or in AR)**
• One of the students managed to induce a crash by spamming reset. -> Review implementation and block button spamming
• More equations, more contents -> Add more contents to the reaction balancing
• When they look at all of the cards at the same time, 3-4 molecules are visualized and others are blinking. ->** due to environmental reflection, review if it is necessary or add a control allowing user to disable it**
• Many equations are balanced from the start. -> Generate random multipliers for the equations at the beginning of the task
• Game mode based on periodic table -> Review the current design or create a new design to fit periodic table
• Make the game more colorful -> Polishing
• Devices are hot and battery consuming fast ->** Study AR application performance tuning**
  

Find the correct

• More than 90% of the students could pass all the levels of the game
• 12 out of 16 students found the game easy (1 out of 5 points), the rest found the game fairly easy (2 out of 5 points)
• Most of the students like this game mode (12 out of 16 students with positive feedback)
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Reaction balancing - on screen vs AR models

• Students thought the on-screen design is easier to understand
• More students prefer on-screen design (11/16) than the AR design
• Most of the students who prefer on-screen design think it is easier and simpler to use
• One of them replied it is because the molecule AR models become boring after completing several times
• Students who prefer AR design think it has a better visualization and is more interesting
• Brainstorm about the design of reaction balancing is necessary
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Students quotes

• "This game has a lot of potential (energy, that can be transformed to kinetic energy what can be transformed to thermal energy, to warm the hearts of little kids on the path of learning)."
• "This seems to be more immediate and interesting"
• " it is simpler to balance, when you can visually see the molecules."