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    Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Environment for Geometry Education: A Design-Based Research Study
    (Technische Universität Dresden, 2026-08-28) Josupeit, Judith; Arlt, Annika; Greiß, Annika; Dyrna, Jonathan; Köhler, Thomas
    Virtual reality (VR) offers new possibilities for geometry education by enabling learners to explore three-dimensional objects in spatially coherent environments. Despite these benefits, curriculum-related and theory-informed VR learning environments for lower secondary geometry remain limited, especially regarding formative evidence on users’ perceptions and design-related refinement needs. Thus, this study presents the development and formative evaluation of a VR learning environment for lower secondary geometry education, using a design-based research approach. In the environment, learners explored a virtual house and solved geometry tasks related to the geometric properties of the building and its surroundings. The evaluation comprised two phases with 48 participants in total. Quantitative questionnaire data and qualitative feedback were analyzed to examine perceived usability, cybersickness, cognitive load, motivation, perceived learning, didactic suitability, and design-related refinement needs. Overall, participants evaluated the environment positively. Ratings indicated low cybersickness, favorable perceived ease of use, low extraneous cognitive load, high learning-relevant effort, and high intrinsic motivation. Qualitative feedback showed that participants valued spatial exploration and perspective-taking, but also identified needs for more interaction, improved documentation of intermediate results, integrated feedback, and feasible classroom implementation.