Learning artificial intelligence algorithms in the metaverse
Abstract
Institutions in several countries are proposing to include Artificial Intelligence in school curriculum at all levels of education. However, few results of its practical applications are found in the literature. The objective of this article is to present the results of the development and testing of a learning object for the teaching of the concept of algorithms to elementary school students. To this end, a metaverse learning object was developed for teaching algorithms. Fifty-two elementary school students were organized into control and experimental groups. Based on comparative analyses of the results, using the normalized gain in learning of Richard Hake, it can be inferred that the experimental group had a significant improvement in its learning about algorithms compared to the control group.
Keywords: Computation; Artificial intelligence; Metaverse; Digital Culture; Algorithms
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