Preliminary Study on the Study of Cognitive Science through the Construction of Problem-Solving Models to Promote AI Literacy

Abstract

Recent educational research has highlighted the necessity of AI literacy. To use AI effectively in problem-solving, it is important to understand the nature of human intelligence in it as well. As a first step to develop its learning framework, this study designed learning materials and an activity for students not majoring in information science. Students studied problem solving through the construction of production-system models with instructional texts. While most students could not successfully construct all models, we confirmed that model construction can foster students' awareness of the nature of human thought.