Application of ChatGPT in the teaching of physics to bachelor’s students at a technical university

- Подласов, С.О. (orcid.org/0000-0002-3947-4401) and Матвійчук, Олексій Васильович (orcid.org/0000-0002-4732-9677) (2023) Application of ChatGPT in the teaching of physics to bachelor’s students at a technical university Information Technologies and Learning Tools, 5 (97). pp. 149-166. ISSN 2076-8184

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Abstract

Chat GPT, which was created on the basis of artificial intelligence (AI), posed a number of questions to education, ranging from the most appropriate ways to use it to ways to combat its threats. Answering these questions requires determining the current level of "learning " possessed by ChatGPT in specific knowledge domains, particularly physics studied by students in a bachelor's program at a technical university, and establishing the capabilities of ChatGPT to assist teachers and students in their educational work. The AI, using ChatGPT, considers itself able to assist educators in explaining concepts, answering questions, creating educational content, and supporting research. As for students, the AI believes that ChatGPT is also ready to explain concepts, solve problems, provide additional study materials and advise on exam preparation. For each aspect of assistance to teachers and students (except research support) we posed questions to ChatGPT and analyzed its responses. As it turned out, despite the vast amount of information available to artificial intelligence, in the answers to our queries ChatGPT quit often proposed inaccurate, and sometimes fundamentally incorrect statements, which may indicate the still insufficient level of its knowledge in physics regarding even fairly simple issues. The article presents the most striking examples of such responses. All of this suggests that ChatGPT currently lacks the necessary breadth of knowledge to effectively assist physics teachers and engineering students who study physics at a technical university. Additionally, the study assumes that the accuracy of ChatGPT's answers is determined not only by the content of the question but also by the language in which it is formulated. Based on the analysis of responses, it was concluded that currently it is most appropriate to use GPT for the development of students' critical thinking. The greatest threat posed by ChatGPT to the study of physics can be considered its inadequate level of training, rather than the concerns expressed in the litera`ture that ChatGPT may facilitate students’ cheating.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	ChatGPT; physics education; aspects of assistance to teachers and students.
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 00 Prolegomena. Fundamentals of knowledge and culture. Propaedeutics > 004 Computer science and technology. Computing. Data processing > 004.9 ІКТ ( Application-oriented computer-based techniques ) Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 37.01/.09 Special auxiliary table for theory, principles, methods and organization of education > 37.09 Organization of instruction Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 378 Higher education. Universities. Academic study Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 5 Мathematics. natural sciences > 53 Physics
Divisions:	Institute for Digitalisation of Education > Generic resouse
Depositing User:	Алла 1 Алла Почтарьова
Date Deposited:	03 May 2024 13:05
Last Modified:	03 May 2024 13:05
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/740655

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