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An Immersive Teaching Approach: Singapore Method through Virtual Reality

Abstract:

Education has not evolved as it should, teaching-learning processes are orthodox and do not allow the total development of the student. This panorama is presented in all areas of learning, however, when speaking of exact sciences such as mathematics or physics these problems are more serious. For these reasons, this article proposes the development of a virtual reality system focused on the teaching of mathematics. This educational system is based on the Singapore method, whose benefits allow students to develop their potential and creativity, guiding them to the solution of real-life mathematical problems through reasoning and deduction processes. It also uses a HMD (head mounted display) and visual feedback in order to improve user immersion and generate a correct learning process. The present study has been applied in an educational unit of Ambato-Ecuador. Results showed a significant improvement in grades, for example, there was a 29.93% reduction in the number of students with grades in the range between 4.00 and 6.00, there was an increase of 27,02 % of students with grades in the range between 7.01 and 8.99 and an increase of 2.71 % of students with grades between 9.00 and 10.00.