The Effect of Artificial Intelligence in Learning Media on Religious Character and Critical Thinking of Islamic Religious Education (PAI) Students
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51468/jpi.v8i2.1726Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence, Learning Media, Religious Character, Islamic Religious Education, Critical ThinkingAbstract
This study aims to analyze the effect of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in learning media on the religious character and critical thinking skills of Islamic Religious Education (PAI) students at Universitas Islam Riau. The study employed a quantitative approach with a correlational-regression design. The population consisted of 69 active second-semester students of the PAI Study Program, and a sample of 56 students was determined using the Slovin formula and selected through random sampling. Data were collected using a 25-item Likert-scale questionnaire and analyzed through validity and reliability tests, classical assumption tests, and simple linear regression using SPSS version 25. The results show that the use of AI has a positive and significant effect on students’ religious character, with a contribution of 24.4%, and on their critical thinking skills, with a contribution of 27.4%. These findings indicate that AI can serve as a learning medium that supports a more interactive, effective, and adaptive learning process. Nevertheless, its use requires ethical control and digital literacy so that it remains prudent and supports students’ Islamic values.
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