Missing Step Analysis Answer Key

This worksheet teaches students how AI agents work by identifying missing steps within a perception-reasoning-action sequence. Students read short case studies describing malfunctioning agents such as vacuums, chatbots, traffic lights, health apps, and music recommenders. For each scenario, students determine which key step-perception, reasoning, action, or learning-is missing and explain what should have occurred. This activity helps students understand how intelligent systems rely on clear, ordered processes to function correctly. It builds diagnostic reasoning, reinforces comprehension of AI workflows, and encourages students to analyze breakdowns in system behavior.

Curriculum Matched Skills

Technology Literacy – Understanding Perception-Reasoning-Action Cycles

Critical Thinking – Identifying Missing Process Steps

English Language Arts – Analyzing Cause-and-Effect in Informational Text

Science – Systems Thinking and Functional Interdependence

This worksheet is part of our AI Agents collection.