Teaching Mathematics with Augmented Reality

Low achievement in mathematics education has been an increasing problem in the recent years in Portugal. According to a 2010 study from the U.S. Department of Education, blended learning classes produce statistically better results than their face-to-face. There is also an increasing number of students using smartphones and tablets in schools. Mobile devices gained popularity as an educational tool and there are many schools that used them frequently in educational activities to improve learning. In this paper, we introduce the use of Augmented Reality for providing activities that students can do at home and increase the time they spend learning and practicing mathematics. We present teaching activities that use different augmented reality technologies for presenting solutions to practical problems by multiple types of media, including videos, to be shown on top of interactive documents.