Augmented Reality Books: Motivation, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Young Readers

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Title

Augmented Reality Books: Motivation, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Young Readers

Subject

Augmented Reality
reading motivation
attitudes
behaviors
primary school
young children

Description

Augmented Reality (AR) books show potential to increase young learners’ reading motivation, which is important given children's declining reading motivation over the school years. Previous studies measured reading motivation only in higher education and only after users’ experience with AR. Few empirical studies have focused on school-aged children and those examined attitudes, not motivation. This study aimed to: a) examine how young children's motivation changes through the experience of reading AR books and b) document their attitudes and behaviors after this experience. Participants in this pre-test post-test case study were 40 fourth and fifth graders. Data sources included validated questionnaires and an observation protocol of children’s behavior while interacting with AR books. The results of paired samples t-tests for children's motivation indicated a statistically significant increase in attention (t (39) = - 3.07, p = 0.004), confidence (t (39) = - 2.44, p = 0.019) and satisfaction (t (39) = - 3.26, p = 0.002). Children read comfortably, seemed focused, and were eager to read more. They showed a high level of enthusiasm with AR technology when interacting with the first AR book, which notably decreased with the second book. The children maintained positive attitudes and behaviors towards AR. The study showed that even through short-term interactions, AR books have the potential to increase young students’ reading motivation. It adds to our knowledge concerning the use of AR books by primary school children, who are under-represented in the literature. Directions for future research are drawn.

Creator

Roumba, Evanthia
Nicolaidou, Iolie

Source

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM); Vol. 16 No. 16 (2022); pp. 59-73
1865-7923

Publisher

International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria

Date

2022-08-31

Rights

Copyright (c) 2022 Evanthia Roumba, Iolie Nicolaidou
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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Format

application/pdf

Language

eng

Type

info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article

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Citation

Evanthia Roumba and Iolie Nicolaidou, Augmented Reality Books: Motivation, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Young Readers, International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria, 2022, accessed November 7, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/2330

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