AI Facilitated Critical Thinking in an Undergraduate Project Based Service-Learning Course

• Published in: Journal of behavioral and applied management Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 123 - 130
• Main Author: Kimmel, Sara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Glendale Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management 31.07.2024
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Blooms taxonomy; Chatbots; Classrooms; Colleges & universities; Critical thinking; Education; International business; Learning; Pedagogy; Service learning; Skills; Stakeholders; Students
• DOI: 10.21818/001c.122149
• ISSN: 1930-0158

The paper examines incorporating AI as a pedagogical approach to enhance students’ critical thinking skills in a project-based service-learning course in international business. The literature reviews (1) service-learning in pedagogy to increase student learning, community-minded behavior, and personal reflection; (2) Bloom’s Taxonomy as an assessment guide for higher order skills mastery; and, (3) Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a tool for developing enhanced critical thinking skills. An international business course is deconstructed and examined for lower and higher order skills usage, then reconfigured incorporating AI use in lower and higher order skills. The author concludes with recommendations for the use of AI in core level business courses as a method for increasing student engagement and critical thinking skills.