Artificial Intelligence for Personalized Learning in K-12 Education. A Scoping Review

The ongoing evolution of Artificial Intelligence technology is able to influence different fields of human experience, also including communication and professional activities. Artificial Intelligence has been playing a relevant role in education and literature has already addressed the design, impact, and challenges of such technological solutions designed for educational purposes. On the other hand, technology integration, and especially the integration of solutions related to Artificial Intelligence, has started to exert a crucial function in enabling and enhancing Personalized Learning experience. In this regard, the present paper reports the results of a scoping review conducted with the aim of describing the empirical research evaluating the impact of Artificial Intelligence tools and systems as integrated in Personalized Learning approaches designed for K-12 education. The results shows that personalized solutions supported by Artificial Intelligence technology mainly consisted in Intelligent Tutoring Systems designed for online learning platforms and addressed STEM (especially Mathematics and Physics topics) and language learning. Overall, all the studies selected for the purposes of the current reviews reported a positive impact of the Artificial Intelligence-based personalized systems on students’ learning outcomes.