The Effectiveness of Augmented Reality-Assisted Scientific Approach to Improve Mathematical Creative Thinking Ability of Elementary School Students

Abstract

Abstract This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the scientific approach assisted by augmented reality in improving students' mathematical creative thinking ability. This research is a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest control group design. The participants in this study were 5th-grade students in 2 (two) integrated Islamic elementary schools in Cirebon City, Indonesia, with a total of 47 students. The data in this study were collected through a mathematical creative thinking ability test that refers to fluency, originality, flexibility, and elaboration indicators. Then the data that collected was analyzed through descriptive, n-gain test, and Mann Whitney tests. The results showed that there was a significant difference in the n-gain score of students' mathematical creative thinking skills between the experimental group using a scientific approach assisted by augmented reality and the control group using direct instruction learning assisted by augmented reality, where the U value was 129.5, the value was 129.5. Z of -3.380, and the value of Sig. (2-tailed) of 0.001 < 0.05. The mean score of n-gain and posttest score of mathematical creative thinking ability of experimental group students was significantly higher than that of the control class. So the scientific approach assisted by augmented reality effectively improves students' mathematical creative thinking skills.

Keywords

• mathematical creative thinking
• scientific approach
• direct instruction
• augmented reality.