Enhancing Comprehension of the Internal Structure of the Atom with a Virtual 3D Environment
Mariela Damaris Urzua Reyes, Jesus Alejandro Gomez Urzua, Bertha Olivia De La Re Davila · 2021
An application in a 3D environment called AR Elements was used to improve the understanding of abstract concepts and maintain high school students' motivation in studying inorganic chemistry. Concepts such as the atom, valence electrons, and orbitals were evaluated. The application was developed with Unity and Autodesk Maya software for 3D modeling, then a didactic sequence was applied to a group of 87 high school students to evaluate academic performance. The results showed a 20% increase in the average evaluations of these topics compared to the previous two years. Eighty-nine per cent of students surveyed at the end of this research perceived that their learning improved using this tool.