BECE. Newsletter 

Vol.8, No.1, 2021 1071 

 

 

 

 

Can Augmented Reality Improve Learning? 

By Nie, Y., & Wan, W. 
Correspondence to: Nie, Y., Shaanxi Normal University, China. Email: 

nieyong@snnu.edu.cn 

N the basis of 40 effective experimental and quasi-experimental studies 

from home and abroad, the article recently published in Modern Educa-

tional Technology explored the issue of whether augmented reality technolo-

gy can improve learning effectiveness through the usage of Review Manager. 

The main research results are as follows: 

This study provides strong evidence for the education and teaching ef-

fects of AR technology and confirms that AR technology does have a moder-

ate (d = 0.57) effect on student’s learning effects. The AR technology has a 

moderate influence on student’s cognitive ability and non-cognitive ability. 

 AR technology has a moderate influence on the learning effec-

tiveness of different learning stages, with the most significant ef-

fects on the preschool stage, followed by a primary school, and 

the least effects on the college stage. 

 Combined with different teaching methods, AR technology can 

always greatly improve the practical learning effects, but moder-

ating effects vary in different interventions. 

 The effect size of AR application in different scenarios ranging 

from high to low in turns is: off-campus venues (d = 0.73), class-

room (d = 0.63), and campus laboratory (d = 0.48). Moreover, 

there exist differences in the moderating effects on learning effec-

tiveness under different scenarios. 

Based on the findings above, this study also provides some practical 

recommendations, such as improving the role of technology on learning ef-

fectiveness, flexibly choosing the situation according to the teaching contents, 

and carefully selecting the original teaching methods in the application of 

AR technology. 

 

Source: Modern Educational Technology, 2021; 31(2):40-47. 

 

 
 

 

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