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Artificial Intelligence Applications in K-12 Education: A Systematic Literature Review

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Zafari, Mostafa, Bazargani, Jalal Safari, Sadeghi-Niaraki, Abolghasem, Choi, Soo-Mi·2022·IEEE Access

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Education is a vital part of the development of society and it is changing over time in terms of methods, content, concepts, and models. Recently, it has been increasingly prevalent to benefit from the potentialities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in addressing educational issues. In this research, the current state of the art of the integration of AI in K-12 education was provided. Specifically, different parts of education in which AI was employed along with the related AI categories were discussed according to different K-12 grades and courses. Additionally, technologies and environments that contributed to employing AI in education were discussed. To this end, a systematic literature review was conducted on articles and conference papers published between 2011 and 2021 in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. As the result of the initial search, 2075 documents were extracted and based on inclusive criteria and 210 documents were identified for further investigation. AI applications were categorized into Student performance, Teaching, Selection, and Behavior tasks, and Other. Machine Learning (ML) and Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) were the most common approaches among AI categories. Furthermore, high school-related applications were more frequent and STEM courses were substantially targeted by AI. In conclusion, the remarkable impact of AI on education was concluded. The current study reveals information about the potentialities offered by AI in K-12 education which aids researchers in implementing AI-based education systems. As for future works, other databases such as ACM library and Google Scholar can be investigated as well. Furthermore, exploring the 95 papers that were excluded due to inaccessibility to their full texts can be taken into account. Finally, the papers can be also investigated in terms of pedagogical approaches or development tools.

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  1. Bannerjee, G., et al., Artificial intelligence in agriculture: A literature survey. International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science Applications and Management Studies, 2018. 7(3): p. 1-6.
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Authors
Zafari, M., Bazargani, J. S., Sadeghi-Niaraki, A., & Choi, S.-M.
Affiliations
  • Graduate University of Advanced Technology (IR)
  • Sejong University (KR)
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Convergence Engineering for Intelligent Drone, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea
Venue
IEEE Access
Published
2022
Volume
10
Pages
61905-61921
ISSN
2169-3536 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4285222038
Cited by
185
References
135
Citations by year
2026: 50 · 2025: 61 · 2024: 54 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 4
FWCI
4.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • IEEE Access (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) through the International Cooperative Research and Development Program (P0016038)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Educational Technology and Pedagogy
Keywords
artificial intelligence in education, K-12 education, machine learning in education, intelligent tutoring systems, student performance, student selection, student behavior, STEM education, upper secondary school

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