Learning Outcomes by Integrating Virtual Reality: An Experiment on Secondary School Students
Keywords:
Virtual Reality VR, Integration VR to education, Secondary school students, Learning outcomes, PedagogyAbstract
Virtual Reality VR is a modern technological masterpiece; if it is integrated with education, it will make teaching much more accessible, and it can also work as a teacher. Through Virtual Reality, students learn very quickly while being exposed to the original story. The purpose of this research was to conduct a practical experiment on Virtual Reality VR to see the students’ learning level and the level of students’ excitement and engagement. This educational experiment was conducted on Boys Government High School No. 1 Dera Ghazi Khan Class 10th students. For this purpose, two groups of average intelligent students were formed by taking the pre-test. These groups consisted of 15 to 15 students who were given four months of treatment through Virtual Reality VR. Then, the data were collected and interpreted through statistical tools. From this experiment, it was found that the excitement and engagement of the students taught through Virtual Reality VR were very high, and the scores on the achievement test were also very high. It was recommended that teachers should be aware of this new technology and use it in educational institutions. The government should also allocate a specific budget for new technology.
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