The Effect of Space Perception Ability by Using Smartphone Applications on Elementary School Students in Republic of Korea

With the recent advancements and developments of various media applying new computing technology, smartphone application contents are recognized as new educational media that can develop learners’ space perception ability. Spatial perception ability (SPA) is a popular research subject that is being actively being studied among earth science education scholars using augmented reality. The purpose of this study is to investigate how an astronomy education program using smartphone applications improves 6th-grade students’ space perception ability. Results suggest that the astronomy education program using smartphone applications effectively increased spatial perception and students’ scientific attitudes. Through the results of the research, it was possible to know that the creative experiences using the smartphone applications was positively influential to the enhancement of the spatial perception ability and scientific attitude and problem solving ability of sixty 6th grade elementary school students.