Impact of AI chatbots on students’ learning performance and experience

Determine how learning with AI chatbots (including ChatGPT and custom GPTs) affects students’ learning performance and learning experience in school-based physics and mathematics education, specifying the nature and magnitude of any effects under realistic classroom conditions.

Background

The paper investigates the educational use of AI chatbots, particularly custom GPTs, in mathematics and physics contexts. While prior work suggests potential benefits for motivation and personalization, the authors note that rigorous evidence about the effects on learning performance and experience is limited.

This motivates a controlled paper and highlights the need to precisely characterize how AI chatbot-based learning influences students’ outcomes and experiences.