Awareness of Artificial Intelligence Technologies and its Relationship to Creative Thinking Skills Among Students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences
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https://doi.org/10.66968/3scjvr69Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence Awareness, Creative Thinking Skills, Students, TechnologiesAbstract
Backgroud: The current research aims to explore the degree of knowledge about artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, the degree of creative thinking ability, in the group of students studying at the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Karbala. Besides measuring these two variables separately, the research also seeks to determine the nature and the strength of relationship between the two variables, as well as to determine whether statistically significant differences in these two variables can be ascribed to variables like gender and academic level.
Methods: In order to attain these goals, the research took a descriptive-analytical research method. The sample used was a total number of 100 male and female students randomly chosen out of a population of third-stage students and the sample was balanced in representation of both male and female students to obtain the same balance across the genders. To conduct the data collection, a 20-item scale was designed in particular to evaluate the extent of awareness of artificial intelligence technologies in students. Along with that, a distinct test of creative thinking skills (with a total of 25 items) was used to measure the ability of the participants to think creatively.
Results: The study results showed that the overall level of awareness of the artificial intelligence technologies among the sampled students was rather high. Additionally, the use of Pearson correlation coefficient showed the presence of a good, positive and statistically significant correlation between the level of AI awareness among students and their respective abilities in creative thinking with a calculated correlation coefficient of r = 0.68. The given finding refers to a rather high degree of creativity among the students, who took part in the study.
Conclusions: On the basis of these findings, the research comes to the conclusion that the creation and improvement of awareness about the artificial intelligence technologies is one of the effective and promising ways to develop and improve the skills of creative thinking among the students of the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Karbala.
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