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Hal Abelson

5 accepted papers

2025

Advancing Research on Equitable AI Education Through a Focus on Implementation: Insights from a Middle School Computer Vision Module Beta-Test

Christina A. Bosch, Mary Cate Gustafson-Quiett, Samar Abu Hegly, Sarah Wharton, John Masla, Lydia Guterman +4
AAAI 2025technical

Part of a university initiative supporting responsible AI for social empowerment and education, the project-based RAICA (Responsible AI for Computational Action) curriculum supports middle/high school learners and novice AI literacy teachers use AI creatively for good. This paper offers a rare examp…

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2025

Model AI Assignments 2025

Todd W. Neller, Rasika Bhalerao, Eun Kyung Ko, Vishodana Thamotharan, Lisa Zhang, Sonya Allin +36
AAAI 2025technical

The Model AI Assignments session seeks to gather and disseminate the best assignment designs of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education community. Recognizing that assignments form the core of student learning experience, we here present abstracts of thirteen AI assignments from the 2025 session…

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2025

Supporting AI Literacy Teaching Through the Development of Assessments for Classroom Use

John Masla, Christina Bosch, Prerna Ravi, Lydia Guterman, Sarah Wharton, Mary Cate Gustafson-Quiett +5
AAAI 2025technical

Initial discussion of AI literacy assessment has focused on competency frameworks and learning standards rather than materials for classroom use. Responsible AI for Computational Action (RAICA), a constructionist AI curriculum for middle and high school students, includes assessment materials to sup…

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2024

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Co-designing Text-to-Image Generation Learning Materials for K-12 with Educators

Safinah Ali, Prerna Ravi, Katherine Moore, Hal Abelson, Cynthia Breazeal
AAAI 2024technical

Text-to-image generation (TTIG) technologies are Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms that use natural language algorithms in combination with visual generative algorithms. TTIG tools have gained popularity in recent months, garnering interest from non-AI experts, including educators and K-12 stu…

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2023

“How Can I Code A.I. Responsibly?”: The Effect of Computational Action on K-12 Students Learning and Creating Socially Responsible A.I.

H. Nicole Pang, Robert Parks, Cynthia Breazeal, Hal Abelson
AAAI 2023technical

Teaching young people about artificial intelligence (A.I.) is recognized globally as an important education effort by organizations and programs such as UNICEF, OECD, Elements of A.I., and AI4K12. A common theme among K-12 A.I. education programs is teaching how A.I. can impact society in both posit…

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