International Journal of
Information and Education Technology

Abstract

This study aims to develop augmented reality (AR) as a learning media that can be accessed on smartphones to improve students’ multiple representation and problem-solving skills, named direct current electricity-augmented reality (DICTY-AR). The media integrated with Javanese local wisdom ‘Wayang’ performance to make learning more interesting and closer to the student environment. The development adopted the 4D model. Two content experts, two media experts, and four practitioners validated the media. The validation result of the developed media shows a V index between 0.80–1.00 for all aspects with very high categories. The readability test was administered to 20 students and gained very good results. Therefore, it can be concluded that DICTY-AR is suitable for learning direct current electricity as a physics concept. An expanded test was conducted to see the effectiveness of the media was developed. DICTY-AR effectively contributed 89.7% in learning physics to improve students’ multiple representation and problem-solving skills. Learning using DICTY-AR is more effective and positively impacts students in learning physics.