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#1 Does Any AI-Based Activity Contribute to Develop AI Conception? A Case Study with Italian Fifth and Sixth Grade Classes [PDF1] [Copy] [Kimi]

Authors: Matteo Baldoni ; Cristina Baroglio ; Monica Bucciarelli ; Sara Capecchi ; Elena Gandolfi ; Cristina Gena ; Francesco Ianì ; Elisa Marengo ; Roberto Micalizio ; Amon Rapp ; Ivan Nabil Ras

Artificial Intelligence is undoubtedly becoming pervasive in everyday life of everyone. In this setting, developing correct AI conception since childhood is not only a need to be addressed in educational curricula, but is also a children right. Accordingly, several initiatives at national and international levels aim at promoting AI and emerging technology literacy, supported also by a proliferation in the literature of learning courses covering a variety of topics, learning objectives and targeted ages. Schools are therefore pushed to introduce innovative activities for children in their curricula. In this paper, we report the results of a case study where we tested the contribution of an AI block-based course in developing computational thinking, and human and AI minds understanding in fifth and sixth grade children.