THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AI LEARNING INNOVATION FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were to study the effectiveness of AI learning innovation for elementary school children. This research is a quantitative research. The samples included 1,065 elementary students of Prathomsuksa 1 - 5 in 2022 from 9 schools in Nakhon Pathom Province, obtained by purposive sampling from schools with their consent to research participation. Data collection was try-out of AI learning innovation for 2 times a week, 1 hour per each time, totally for 5 weeks. They were required to teach all 5 levels of students by using all learning modules completely; learning module consists of Module 1: Perception, Module 2: Representation & Reasoning, Module 3: Machine learning, Module 4: Interaction, and Module 5: Societal impacts. The research instrument was AI competency assessment form a 5-level rating scale. The quality was determined by the consistency index. All measurement items were greater than 0.6 and the internal correlation (ICC) was 0.802 at the 95% confidence level. Basic statistics were used for data analysis, i.e., mean, SD, and one sample t-test. The results revealed that most AI competency of Prathomsuksa 1 - 5 students was excellent. The results of comparison with the 70% criteria by one sample t-test, it was found that their AI competency was significantly higher than the criteria (p < .05) in all levels.