Augmented reality in chemistry education

Learning and teaching chemistry is often considered difficult due to its complex, intangible and abstract concepts.  One of the ways to facilitate this is the use of educational technologies in teaching chemistry.  Augmented reality technology is an interactive experience of a real environment that allows for increased understanding of complex concepts at most educational levels.  Despite the many researches conducted inside the country on the application of augmented reality in education, no systematic study was found that focuses on the application of this technology in chemistry education.  The current research is a systematic literature review in order to investigate widely used devices, advantages and challenges of using augmented reality in chemistry education.  Among the results, the concepts related to molecular structures were among the subjects in which augmented reality was used the most in teaching and learning, and the benefits of using this technology are concentrated in the field of emotional learning.  Smartphones and tablets were the dominant devices in the use of this technology in classrooms.  Also, according to the results of the studied research, suggestions were made to support the active use of this technology in chemistry education.