Comparing the Effectiveness of Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Traditional Education on Students' Cognitive Load in Biology

The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of augmented reality, virtual reality, mollage and traditional education on cognitive load in the biology lesson of 10th grade female students in Arak city. The method of the current research was semi-experimental using the pre-test-post-test method with a control group. The statistical population was all 10th grade female students of secondary school in Arak city, 113 of them (in the form of four classrooms) were selected as a statistical sample by random cluster sampling method and finally the replacement of the classes in the experimental and control groups It happened randomly. To measure the level of cognitive load, Pass and Van Merenbauer rating scale was used. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (one-way analysis of covariance and for pairwise comparison of groups using Benferroni correction) and spss software version 23. The findings of the research showed that there was a significant difference between the cognitive load of the students who were trained with augmented reality, virtual reality, mollage and traditional methods, and among these methods, augmented reality had the greatest effect in reducing cognitive load, and the teaching method had the least effect had a tradition In other words, using the method of augmented reality, virtual reality and mollage in line with each other, and finally, traditional education, respectively, introduced the least amount of load when entering information into active memory in students. According to the results, teachers should be given the necessary training to use such technologies and use augmented reality and virtual reality in their teaching methodology, while not paying attention to other available facilities, such as mollages, which if used correctly Such facilities, sometimes on par with technologies, can be used to reduce cognitive load.