Enhancing Students' Academic Engagement Through Magic School. Ai Among The Students Of 8th Grade

Abstract

This experimental study measured the effect of MagicSchool.AI, an AI-based learning tool, on academic engagement among 8th graders. The one-group pre-test post-test research design was implemented among 37 participants of the 8th[1] grade from a private middle school. MagicSchool was embedded in lessons to support lesson planning, adaptive learning, and formative assessment within a 24-day intervention. Pre-test and post-test academic engagement among students was measured using an adapted version of the Student Engagement Scale (Doğan, 2014), which consisted of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive components. The test analyses from the Paired-sample t-test revealed statistically significant changes in behavioral engagement, emotional engagement, and cognitive engagement. Overall engagement was improved markedly too. The results imply that MagicSchool.AI might work effectively to improve students' engagement and encourage active learning in 8th-grade classrooms.