Augmented Reality Applications in Mathematics and Science: Exploring Pedagogical Viability in the Amazon Region

Augmented Reality (AR) is becoming more popular in the educational scenario as the number of possibilities for educational tools increases. Teaching experience has revealed a certain difficulty in motivating and capturing the students’ attention in math and science subjects, making it difficult to understand the subjects explained by the professors. In this way, applications based on AR can reduce this problem, helping professors to capture the students’ attention, increasing the students’ engagement, and helping in content fixation. Based on this perspective, this paper presents an AR-based application that uses educational resources to make the teaching process more attractive and interactive, in order to help teachers in the fields of mathematics and science to demonstrate a different approach to traditional activities. The application assessment was carried out through a case study performed by professors of a public school from the municipal teaching network of a town in Oriximiná/PA, located in the interior of the Amazon region, aiming to analyze the design and pedagogical viability of the application. The data collection instrument was a structured survey with a quantitative approach and, after analyzing the results, it was found that the overall average satisfaction was satisfactory, meeting the intended purpose.