Constructing a STEM Projects Design Framework for Middle School AI Courses: Developing Students’ AI Literacy as Project Goals
In our modern era, it has become essential for citizens to possess artificial intelligence (AI) literacy to navigate an AI-driven society. However, there is a current deficiency in students’ AI literacy. In response to this challenge, this article introduced the AI STEM Project Design Fra...
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| description | In our modern era, it has become essential for citizens to possess artificial intelligence (AI) literacy to navigate an AI-driven society. However, there is a current deficiency in students’ AI literacy. In response to this challenge, this article introduced the AI STEM Project Design Framework (AI-STEM PDF) designed specifically for teaching AI in middle schools. The framework, created in adherence to Activity Theory and the principles of STEM environment design, consists of five layers: subject-object analysis layer, project design layer, learning tool layer, project rules layer, and project goals layer. Following the development of the AI-STEM PDF, AI-STEM projects were devised, and a pre-post experimental design study was conducted with 64 middle school students across two schools. The results revealed significant improvements in students’ AI literacy, thus affirming the value of the AI-STEM framework. Ultimately, the AI-STEM PDF has the potential to enhance the effectiveness of AI courses by providing valuable guidance for their instruction, thereby fostering the development of middle school students’ AI literacy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0d240c58252c4132a0fbb1b674ae01f42025-08-20T01:57:00ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362024-01-011219210119211210.1109/ACCESS.2024.351249910778559Constructing a STEM Projects Design Framework for Middle School AI Courses: Developing Students’ AI Literacy as Project GoalsHongwu Yang0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8939-3386Di Zhang1https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7853-9738Weitong Guo2https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9501-1010Yanshan He3https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1898-5610School of Educational Technology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, ChinaSchool of Educational Technology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, ChinaSchool of Educational Technology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, ChinaSchool of Educational Technology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, ChinaIn our modern era, it has become essential for citizens to possess artificial intelligence (AI) literacy to navigate an AI-driven society. However, there is a current deficiency in students’ AI literacy. In response to this challenge, this article introduced the AI STEM Project Design Framework (AI-STEM PDF) designed specifically for teaching AI in middle schools. The framework, created in adherence to Activity Theory and the principles of STEM environment design, consists of five layers: subject-object analysis layer, project design layer, learning tool layer, project rules layer, and project goals layer. Following the development of the AI-STEM PDF, AI-STEM projects were devised, and a pre-post experimental design study was conducted with 64 middle school students across two schools. The results revealed significant improvements in students’ AI literacy, thus affirming the value of the AI-STEM framework. Ultimately, the AI-STEM PDF has the potential to enhance the effectiveness of AI courses by providing valuable guidance for their instruction, thereby fostering the development of middle school students’ AI literacy.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10778559/AI courseAI literacyAI-STEM projectsinterdisciplinary teaching |
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