Sentiment toward AI in education shifted from negative to positive, with negative descriptors falling from 30% of participants to 0% after the intervention¶
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q2 i? Sentiment analysis showed dramatic shifts from negative to positive perceptions of AI in education, with 30% of participants initially using negative descriptors versus 0% post intervention. → Sung 2026
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Sung 2026¶
Sung, W., & Gunpinar, Y. (2026). Bringing Artificial Intelligence Literacy Into Online Education: Machine-Learning Integration Through Geometry in K–12 Teacher Professional Development. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 27(2), 21–45. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v27i2.9140
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Sentiment analysis of participant responses in the ten-educator online PD study. The article reports "30% of participants initially using negative descriptors versus 0% post intervention"; no statistical test or effect size is printed.
"Sentiment analysis revealed dramatic shifts from negative to positive perceptions of AI in education, with 30% of participants initially using negative descriptors versus 0% post intervention."
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Sentiment toward AI in education shifted from negative to positive, with negative descriptors falling from 30% of participants to 0% after the intervention |
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Sentiment toward AI in education shifted from negative to positive, with negative descriptors falling from 30% of participants to 0% after the intervention |
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