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Design of an Augmented Reality App for Primary School Students Which Visualizes Length Units to Promote the Conversion of Units

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Design Science Research for a New Society: Society 5.0 (DESRIST 2023)

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Insight and understanding of the structure of units can be considered one of mathematics’ most important learning areas, as it is needed in everyday life. It is essential in everyday tasks, such as trading goods, which requires dealing with monetary values and, e.g., lengths, weights, volumes, or area units. In addition, students in higher education after primary school show problems with understanding units by confusing units, especially in advanced STEM subjects, e.g., physics. The paper shows how Augmented Reality (AR) technology can be used to gain insight into understanding units by visualizing units of length using an AR app. The design of the AR app will be presented, which was developed after a theoretical grounding and practical testing with an existing AR measuring tool on the app market. Design Science Research (DSR) will be used to develop a suitable content learning environment using the AR app. The learning environment will then be tested with students again and disseminated in international workshops for teachers.

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Mueller, L.M., Platz, M. (2023). Design of an Augmented Reality App for Primary School Students Which Visualizes Length Units to Promote the Conversion of Units. In: Gerber, A., Baskerville, R. (eds) Design Science Research for a New Society: Society 5.0. DESRIST 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13873. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32808-4_20

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