AI Literacy Scale (AILS)

The AI Literacy Scale (AILS; Zhong & Liu, 2025) was developed to assess the Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy of secondary students. Based on the empirical research on secondary AI education as well as Piaget’s Epistemology and Bloom’s Taxonomy, a KAT framework that constitutes AI literacy was developed: (1) AI Knowledge (AI fundamentals, elements of AI technology, application of AI technology), (2) AI Affectivity (AI and human, AI and society), and (3) AI Thinking (engineering design thinking, computational thinking).

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Assessment Type:

Inventory/Questionnaire

Scale:

Likert 5-point scale

Publication Date:

Jul 14, 2025

Respondent:

Domain(s) Evaluated:

Content / Knowledge, Competence

Sample items:

I can describe the meaning and characteristics of AI, I can describe the meaning and characteristics of algorithms, I can give applications where AI simulates human perception

Reliability:

internal consistency: The reliability of all sub-dimensions or constructs exceeded .70, and the instrument itself scored a .954.

Validity:

Frequency:

Rarely

Administration time:

0 minutes

Requires a Computer:

Yes

Requires Internet Access:

Primary reference:

Baichang Zhong, Xiaofan Liu. Evaluating AI literacy of secondary students: Framework and scale development. Computers & Education, Volume 227, 2025, 105230, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2024.105230.

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STEM Criteria

Science

Technology

Yes

Engineering

Math

Contact

Liu, Xiaofan, South China Normal University, School of Information Technology in Education, No. 55, West of zhongshan Avenue, PO Box, Guangzhou, 510631, China, liuxfet@163.com