Developing Teaching Materials That Show How Machine Learning Works

Abstract

There is an increasing need to attract students to information technology education programs, especially given the imperative to secure and train talented domestic engineers in information technology (e.g., computer and machine learning programmers). Accordingly, various teaching materials have been developed for programming education in recent years. However, research reports on teaching materials regarding machine learning are scarce. We newly developed a teaching material for learning and understanding how machine learning works using the NVIDIA Jetson Nano device. This study investigated the educational effects of these machine learning teaching materials based on lesson practice. To this end, we recruited a sample of 112 third grade junior high school students. Our results suggest that the teaching materials are valid for learning activities and understanding how machine learning works in technical departments at junior high schools.