Effect of Mobile-Augmented Reality (MAR) in Digital Encyclopedia on The Complex Problem Solving and Attitudes of Undergraduate Student

• Main Authors: Alfyananda Kurnia Putra, Sumarmi Sumarmi, Alfi Sahrina, Azni Fajrilia, Muhammad Naufal Islam, Batchuluun Yembuu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kassel University Press 2021-04-01
• Series: International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)
• Subjects: mobile augmented reality, digital encyclopedia, complex problem solving, attitudes
• Online Access: https://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jet/article/view/21223

The study aimed to determine the effect of mobile aug-mented reality in the digital encyclopedia on complex problem-solving ability and responsible decision making attitude of first-year students. The research was a quasi-experiment (quantitative research) with pre-test and posttest methods. The population was first-year students of 2019/2020 in the Geography Education program, Faculty of Social Sci-ences, State University of Malang. The experimental group was from the PGEO6006-L class, and the control group was from the PGEO6006-A class, totaled 73 participants. Data were collected using a qualitative method using interviews and a quantitative method using a questionnaire for 4 weeks. The data analysis used an independent t-test to determine the effect of mobile augmented reality on students' complex problem-solving ability and responsible decision making atti-tude in Cosmography class. The results indicated that mobile augment-ed reality in the digital encyclopedia has a significant effect on stu-dents' complex problem-solving ability and responsible decision mak-ing attitude.