Based on the growth of big data, the artificial intelligence field is emerging and is recognized as the basis for leading the upcoming era. The Ministry of Education is proposing to strengthen software education in the 2015 revised curriculum, and in ...
Based on the growth of big data, the artificial intelligence field is emerging and is recognized as the basis for leading the upcoming era. The Ministry of Education is proposing to strengthen software education in the 2015 revised curriculum, and in 2020, AI curriculum was developed, and artificial intelligence textbooks were produced for first to fourth and fifth graders. In the 2022 revised curriculum, educational policies were established to strengthen information education in elementary schools, and research on artificial intelligence education such as research on the availability of artificial intelligence and development of artificial intelligence education programs is also being actively conducted. Although efforts are being made to realize artificial intelligence education by securing the number of hours through various policies, the reality is that it is still too much for artificial intelligence education to actually in the classroom. The purpose of this study is to develop and apply a mathematics education program that combines the principles of artificial intelligence to find out the changes in cognitive and affective characteristics that appear in students.
For this study, a mathematics education program was developed that combines five themes and 12 artificial intelligence principles. Topic 1 compares the size of the fractions using sorting algorithms, topic 2 classifying shapes using decision trees, topic 3 visualizing data and drawing graphs, topic 4 finding rules to learn in truth, and topic 5 is the meaning and name of map learning and polygons. After applying the developed program to students in one class of 6th grade, changes in students' cognitive and affective characteristics were confirmed based on the collected data by collecting recorded data, student observation checklist, observation diary, student activity results, student questionnaire, artificial intelligence principle, and student interview data.
The mathematics education program, which combines the developed AI principles, establishes the stated learning goals (how to do) using (artificial intelligence principles), and students learn the mathematical concepts using artificial intelligence principles first. Each program included unplugged play activities or group-specific cooperative activities for the interest of students.
In terms of the cognitive characteristics of students revealed when applying the mathematical education program that combines the principles of artificial intelligence, students well understood the principles of artificial intelligence as a result of qualitative research. However, it was observed that students' understanding of the subject of progress and regularity was insufficient compared to other subjects. In terms of affective characteristics, students showed higher interest in the class after applying this program compared to existing math classes. Students' interest improved by appropriately converging unplugged play activities, mathematical concepts, and artificial intelligence principles, and accordingly, participation in classes increased significantly.
Based on the research results, I would like to make the following suggestions for future research. First, when applying this program to students, it is recommended to apply it to the class at that time so that students can learn the concepts of mathematics and also learn the principles of artificial intelligence. Second, in the study, the program was applied to research participants in the 6th grade of elementary school, but the mathematical concept used was already learned with the contents of the 4th and 6th grades. Therefore, it was difficult to study what mathematically changed among students' cognitive characteristics, so various studies need to be conducted in the future to analyze the changes in mathematical characteristics among students' cognitive characteristics. Third, while conducting this study, it was possible to see that students' interest in classes increased through various unplugged activities. Research is also needed on whether students' interest in the class was fused with the artificial intelligence principle or because it was a class incorporated with play.