ERIC Number: EJ1455918
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1049-4820
EISSN: EISSN-1744-5191
Promoting Young Learners' Computational Thinking with AI-Based Robots and the ICAP Model in Blended Learning Contexts
Interactive Learning Environments, v32 n10 p7242-7256 2024
Fostering young learners' computational thinking in AI-based robots is a crucial issue in educational settings. However, there was the complexity of technology in supporting learning activities and the gender gap issue, so an appropriate strategy is needed to guide students to achieve the learning goals. In this study, an AI (Artificial Intelligence)-based robot with the ICAP model was proposed to investigate students' learning motivation, learning satisfaction, computational thinking, and gender issues while creating AI-based robots in a blended learning environment. To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, this study employed the quasi-experiment. The experimental group students learned with the AI-based robot learning approach with the ICAP model, while the control group students learned with the conventional AI-based robot learning approach. The results showed that the proposed learning approach significantly improved students' intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, learning satisfaction, and computational thinking. However, there was no significant interaction between group and gender across all variables. It showed that the ICAP model successfully promoted female students to improve their intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, learning satisfaction, and computational thinking in AI-based robots. So, there was no significant difference in gender in the experimental group which employed AI-based robots with the ICAP model.
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Blended Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Technology Uses in Education, Learning Activities, Gender Issues, Course Objectives, Achievement Gap, Student Satisfaction, Learning Motivation, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Elementary School Students, Asians
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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