English abstract
The study aimed to investigate the impact of teaching the electromagnetic spectrum topics using virtual reality techniques on the academic achievement of tenth grade students and their attitudes toward physics. The researcher has adopted a semi-experimental design, where a sample consisted from (66) students from the tenth grade at Falah Bin Mohsen Al Nabhani School for Basic Education (5-12) in Al-Dhahira Governorate, split up into two groups: an experimental group (N=33) given virtual reality techniques, and a control group (N=33) taught by the conventional way. To achieve the objectives of the study, a teacher's manual on teaching the electromagnetic spectrum topics through virtual reality techniques, has been prepared by the researcher besides an achievement test, consisting from 17 multiple choice questions and an attitude towards physics scale consisting from 20 items, also prepared by the researcher. Both validity -by a panel of juries -and reliability have been calculated properly. The results showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α=0.05) means scores of the experimental group students, and the scores of the control group students in both the academic achievement test and the scale of attitudes towards the subject in favor of the means of the experimental group. In light of these results, the study recommended the use of virtual reality techniques in teaching physics, training teachers on the use of virtual reality techniques in teaching science and conducting more relevant research’s.
