AR Shapes: Making Contextual Learning Fun via Augmented Reality Book

to teach children basic geometry based contextual environment. Nowadays, the attention span of children are reducing thus affect the learning process. It is difficult to maintain their focus during learning. With the interactive element and some animation implemented in the AR shapes, the learning process becomes more fun and interesting. Contextual environment learning allows children to relate the subject with their environment. Thus, increase the children understanding. The application will be developed for 3-7 years old children by using the augmented reality technology based on the contextual environment to basic geometry. By using the Rapid Application Development (RAD) methodology, the application will be developed to ensure it meets the objectives of the project. Exploring further into the project, analysis, planning, design, testing and implementation are going to be carried out to support the progress of this project. As a result, an android application that is able to support the learning of basic shapes through AR book based on contextual environment is built. An informal pilot study was conducted to 5 children to observe user perception towards AR Shapes. The results indicate the children reacted positively towards the books. Besides, when doing the exercise that relate with their environment, they are able to relate the subject with the object surrounding. When testing their understanding by asking them to draw the shapes, the result shows the positive progress of the learning shapes process. These results suggest the potential of AR Shapes book as a medium for learning shapes based contextual environment.