Students' overall AI knowledge improved significantly after four integrated AI-biology lessons¶
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q3 i? Students' overall AI knowledge showed a statistically significant improvement from pre-test to post-test after the integrated lessons. → Shenghua Zha 2025
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Shenghua Zha 2025¶
Shenghua Zha, Marcy Maulucci Bragdon, Na Gong, Jinhui Wang, Silas Leavesley, Rachel Eaton, Erin Bosarge. (2025). A Case Study of Integrating AI Literacy Education in a Biology Class. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-025-00476-8
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Paired sample t-tests on pre/post-test scores of 29 students who submitted both assessments. AI pre-test mean was 2.81 (SD 1.62) and post-test mean 4.12 (SD 1.69), t = -6.12, p < 0.001, described as "a significant improvement at the end of the integrated AI lessons". No effect size was printed.
"Results showed that students' overall AI knowledge had a significant improvement at the end of the integrated AI lessons (Table 3)."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
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Students' overall AI knowledge improved significantly after four integrated AI-biology lessons |
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Students' overall AI knowledge improved significantly after four integrated AI-biology lessons |
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