Leveraging ChatGPT for Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills

Students’ Experience of a ChatGPT Enabled Final Exam in a Non-Majors Chemistry Course

“…Additional work with helping student writing and its connections to critical thinking using a several step assignment and regular feedback to students has also been studied and reported. 13 In addition to these observations, a few articles have appeared that suggest avenues for enhancing student learning by leveraging GAI tools. 14−16 In one case, several possible ways to incorporate GAI are suggested.…”

“…As has been noted in several other studies, there are specific aspects of the narrative needed to describe organic mechanistic reasoning where GAI does not yet appear to be sufficiently trained. Additional work with helping student writing and its connections to critical thinking using a several step assignment and regular feedback to students has also been studied and reported …”

Chemistry Students’ Artificial Intelligence Literacy through their Critical Reflections of Chatbot Responses

“…As chatbots evolve, they are beginning to be adopted within chemistry education. ,− Its diffusion into the lives of chemistry instructors and students is complicated and ever-changing. ,, Within the chemistry classroom, instructors have utilized chatbots to benefit students’ understanding of chemistry. , Chemistry education researchers have also reflected on the potential of chatbots to benefit students; potentially instructors could use chatbots to create more personalized learning experiences. , This implies a variety of instructional possibilities including: accommodating language differences, tailoring projects to the interests of groups, and giving real-time personalized feedback on assignments and assessments. Further, researchers have argued that the thoughtful incorporation of chatbots within a chemistry curriculum could decrease students’ cognitive load and emphasize students’ problem-solving and reasoning skills. , One specific study has found that a chatbot-centered assignment improved students’ confidence in their problem-solving and reasoning skills, yet there was insignificant improvement in students’ confidence in their creativity and ability to distinguish biased, unreliable, or inaccurate information . Some educators have commented on the potential of embracing the technology as a comprehensive tutoring system for students .…”

ChatGPT Convincingly Explains Organic Chemistry Reaction Mechanisms Slightly Inaccurately with High Levels of Explanation Sophistication

“…With the emergence of these new technologies, students have the capability to use GAI tools to generate responses to questions that are meant to use the writing process to support and promote student learning. This raises academic integrity concerns for many educators. − However, some educators posit that GAI-based chatbots may be beneficial to help students develop programming skills, enhance critical thinking skills, , and improve conceptual understanding of chemical concepts . Alasadi and Baiz believe that GAI technologies can help create personalized learning experiences through adaptive learning, provide real-time feedback and assessment, and aid English-as-an-additional language learners in overcoming language barriers. − Emenike and Emenike hypothesize that these technologies can also benefit instructors in their teaching (e.g., creating assessment items and scoring rubrics), research (e.g., as a tool to create summaries of text-based data), and professional activities (e.g., generate text for job application statements and letters of recommendation) …”