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After systematic screening, 33 articles were finally reviewed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The use of VR in the classroom is expected to improve student engagement and learning outcomes, and is particularly effective for students with learning disabilities. However, introducing VR into middle school education poses several challenges, including difficulties in the education system to keep up with VR developments, increased demands on students\u2019 digital literacy, and insufficient proficiency of teachers in using VR.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To effectively utilize VR to increase student engagement, we advocate for educational policymakers to provide training and technical support to teachers to ensure that they can fully master and integrate VR to increase student engagement and instructional effectiveness.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2024.1360574","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,10]],"date-time":"2024-04-10T01:27:03Z","timestamp":1712712423000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":145,"title":["The impact of virtual reality on student engagement in the classroom\u2013a critical review of the literature"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Xiao Ping","family":"Lin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bin Bin","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhen Ning","family":"Yao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhi","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Minshu","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"919","DOI":"10.1007\/s10055-020-00498-8","article-title":"A review of the evidence for training effectiveness with virtual reality technology","volume":"25","author":"Abich","year":"2021","journal-title":"Virtual Reality"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.3390\/educsci11030142","article-title":"Application of virtual reality in computer science education: a systemic review based on bibliometric and content analysis methods","volume":"11","author":"Agbo","year":"2021","journal-title":"Educ. 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