Artificial intelligence in mathematics education: A systematic literature review

Mohamed, Hidayat, Suhaizi, Sabri, Mahmud, Baharuddin · International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education · 2022 · education · 10.29333/iejme/12132 · record mohamed2022-artificial-intelligence-in-mathema
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artificial intelligence 4 fields · systematic-review 4 fields · PRISMA 3 fields

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artificial intelligence machine intelligence expert systems intelligent tutoring system computer program the high maintenance cost of AI equipment restricts who can run such studies, which is why the reviewed research clusters in developed countries and is absent from Southeast Asia artificial intelligence (AI) systematic literature review (SLR) PRISMA research methodology systematic-review

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claim_typeexistence
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phenomenonartificial intelligence in mathematics education
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methodsystematic-review
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mechanismsmechanisms
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limitationsOnly a small number of eligible articles exist, so broad conclusions cannot be drawn
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limitationsAI is rarely investigated in mathematics education, limiting the results obtained
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limitationsDe-duplication across search engines reduced the number of relevant studies acquired
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limitationsOnly journal articles were included; proceedings and books were excluded
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limitationsThe review's central term is stated to have no agreed definition, and the review adopts none.
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what this limits: any count reported in this review: the authors state there are diverse concepts of AI in the literature and describe defining AI as a problem, without settling on one definition for the review
limitations[4]1.0the tagger's words
limitationsThe population is defined by a list of search synonyms rather than by a concept.
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what this limits: the scope of what this review counts as AI: the search treated artificial intelligence, AI, robotics, machine learning, neural networks, fuzzy logic, natural language processing and expert systems as synonyms and alternative terms for one main search term
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limitationsThe three article counts printed for the search stage are inconsistent with each other.
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what this limits: the PRISMA flow reported here: 864 results from the databases plus 20 from other sources are stated to give a total of 885, and the printed numbers do not sum
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limitationsThe corpus is restricted by language and by a five-year window.
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what this limits: any claim about how much AI research exists in mathematics education: only English-language journal articles published between 2017 and 2021 were considered
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controlsA PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARD ON A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW: every one of the 845 articles read through title, abstract, methodology, results and discussion against the stated selection criteria, rather than screened on title and abstract alone
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eliminates: articles that match the search terms but not the research question - a review screened on titles inherits whatever the titles happen to say, and the synthesis then describes the search rather than the literature · outcome (stated by the tagger, no quotation): held
controls[0]0.85the tagger's words
conceptsartificial intelligence
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conceptsmachine intelligence
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conceptscomputer program
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sensesAI - THREE CHARACTERISATIONS AND NO RULING: the review reports that there are diverse concepts of AI in the literature and that defining it is a problem, then quotes a confluence of technologies, computers that do cognitive functions, and a process that produces human intelligence through machines - three sources, one review, and no statement of which the review is using
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senses[0]1.0the tagger's words
sensesAI, OPERATIONALLY - A LIST OF EIGHT SEARCH STRINGS: what the review actually counts is papers matching artificial intelligence, AI, robotics, machine learning, neural networks, fuzzy logic, natural language processing or expert systems, so a table of search synonyms is doing the work that none of the three definitions does
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sensesmachine intelligence - THE ALTERNATIVE NAME, GIVEN IN PASSING: the review introduces the problem of defining AI as the problem of defining artificiality's parameters, and names the field 'machine intelligence' in the same clause, attributing it to Poole et al. 1998
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claim_relationsbuilds-on → Ouyang and Jiao (2021) conceptual framework of AI-directed / AI-supported / AI-empowered learning
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claim_relations[0]the tagger's words
claim_relationsbuilds-on → Moher et al. (2009) PRISMA flow diagram
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claim_relationsreplicates → Zhong and Xia (2020) systematic review of robotics in mathematics learning
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concept_edgesintelligent tutoring system —is-a→ computer program
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strength of the relation: 1
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content_tagsRobotics was the most common AI approach in the 20 reviewed mathematics-education studies, accounting for 45% (n=9) of them.
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content_tagsThe USA contributed the most reviewed studies (n=3).
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content_tags.findings[1]the tagger's words
content_tagsQuantitative designs were the most used methodology among the reviewed studies, at 40% (n=8).
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content_tags2021 was the peak publication year for AI-in-mathematics-education articles in the review window, with 30% of the corpus.
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content_tagsEffectiveness of AI was the most studied theme, in 60% (n=12) of the reviewed papers.
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content_tags834 articles were rejected for not fully explaining AI in mathematics education or not clearly reporting findings.
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content_tagsartificial intelligence (AI)
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content_tagssystematic literature review (SLR)
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content_tagsPRISMA
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also in: PRISMA
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content_tagsintelligent tutoring system
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content_tagsresearch methodology
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content_tags45%, n=9 — share of reviewed studies using a robotics approach to AI
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content_tags40%, n=8 — share of reviewed studies using quantitative methods
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content_tags60%, n=12 — share of reviewed studies whose theme was effectiveness of AI
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content_tags30% — share of the reviewed corpus published in 2021, the peak year
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content_tags864 — records retrieved by the database searches, plus 20 from other sources
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content_tags834 — articles rejected at the eligibility stage
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content_tags20 — articles retained for the final synthesis
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