EFFECT OF AI-BASED LEARNİNG ON COLLEGE OF EDUCATİON STUDENTS' ACADEMİC SKİLLS, DECİSİONMAKİNG, AND TECHNOLOGY INTEREST USİNG KOLB'S MODEL
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Keywords

Artificial intelligence in education
Academic- skills
Decision-making skills
Interest towards the use of technology
Kolbs' Model

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence has drastically changed the way we live, work, and learn. In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on incorporating AI-based learning environments in educational settings. This study aims to explore the effect of an AIbased learning environment on the development of academic skills, decisionmaking, and interest towards the use of technology among students of the College of Education in research project writing, using Kolb's Experiential Learning Model as a theoretical framework. This study was conducted in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria investigated to evaluate AI-based learning environments' effectiveness in developing
academic skills, decision-making skills, and students' interest in using technology, guided by Kolb's ELT among COE students. The study employed a quasiexperimental design, comprising a pretest, post-test, control and an experimental groups. The population comprised all the students in College of Education, Akwa Ibom State in the 2022/2023 academic session.The taeget population comprised 2,683 NCE III school of science students. Purposively, 150 NCE III school of science students were sampled, because they engaged in project writing. The participants were divided into experimental and control groups, data was collected using Research achievement test (RAT), decision-making scale test (DEMST), and technology- orientation rating scale (TORS), all validated by experts in the field of computer, measurement and evaluation as being valid while reliability using KR20 showed coefficients of 0.82 for RATs, 0.80 for DEMSTs and 0.78 for TORSs respectively. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and (ANCOVA) revealed significant improvements in the experimental group's academic skills, in decision-making abilities and interest towards the use of technology, highlighting the Kolb model's substantial impact on learning outcomes across programs in academic skills, interest, and technology utilization in writing research project. The study underscores the importance of artificial intelligence-based learning environments in education and technology usage in writing research project.

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