Across studies, ChatGPT serves as a convenient tool assisting teachers, students and researchers in various tasks, with the consistent underlying motivation of seeking personal benefits and reducing academic burdens.¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? ChatGPT is reported across the included studies as a convenient tool assisting teachers, students and researchers in various tasks. → Ansari 2024 q2 i? The underlying motivation for use remains consistent across varied specific uses: seeking personal benefits and reducing academic burdens. → Ansari 2024

Evidence¶

Ansari 2024¶

Ansari, A. N., Ahmad, S., & Bhutta, S. M. (2024). Mapping the global evidence around the use of ChatGPT in higher education: A systematic scoping review. Education and Information Technologies, 29, 11281–11321. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-12223-4

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review's synthesis of the 69 included studies on ChatGPT use in higher education. It reports that "ChatGPT serves as a convenient tool to assist teachers, students, and researchers in various tasks" with a consistent motivational core.

"The findings based on included studies reveal that ChatGPT serves as a convenient tool to assist teachers, students, and researchers in various tasks. While the specific uses vary, the underlying motivation remains consistent: seeking personal benefits and reducing academic burdens."

Discussion¶

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