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ERIC Number: EJ1387323
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Jun
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1560-4292
EISSN: EISSN-1560-4306
Lessons Learned for AI Education with Elementary Students and Teachers
Ottenbreit-Leftwich, Anne; Glazewski, Krista; Jeon, Minji; Jantaraweragul, Katie; Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E.; Scribner, Adam; Lee, Seung; Mott, Bradford; Lester, James
International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, v33 n2 p267-289 Jun 2023
With accelerating advances in artificial intelligence, it is clear that introducing K-12 students to AI is essential for preparation to interact with and potentially develop AI technologies. To succeed as the workers, creators, and innovators of the future, we argue students should encounter core concepts of AI as early as elementary school. However, building a curriculum that introduces AI content to K-12 students presents significant challenges, such as connecting to prior knowledge, developing curricula that are meaningful for students, and creating content that teachers feel confident to teach. To lay the groundwork for elementary AI education, we investigated the everyday experiences and ideas of students in grades 4 and 5 (ages 9 to 11) about AI to inform possible entry points for learning. This yielded themes around student conceptions, examples, and ethics of AI. For each theme, we juxtapose the student ideas with the teachers' reflections on those ideas as frames of reference to consider in co-designing curricular approaches.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: DRL1934128; DRL1934153