Learning gains from ChatGPT-generated hints were not statistically significantly different from human tutor-authored hints, though ChatGPT gains were numerically higher in all subjects¶
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q3 i? ChatGPT hint gains and human tutor hint gains were not statistically significantly separable (p = 0.416), despite ChatGPT hints producing 46.30% higher learning gains overall. → Pardos ZA 2024
q3 i? Human tutor-authored hints were not statistically significantly different from the control (p = 0.087). → Pardos ZA 2024
Evidence¶
Pardos ZA 2024¶
Pardos ZA, Bhandari S (2024) ChatGPT-generated help produces learning gains equivalent to human tutor-authored help on mathematics skills. PLoS ONE 19(5): e0304013. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304013
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Pairwise post-hoc comparisons in the same randomized 3x4 experiment (N = 274). The article reports the ChatGPT vs human-tutor contrast as "not statistically significantly separable (p = 0.416)" and human-tutor vs control as p = 0.087; no effect sizes are printed.
"When comparing the magnitude of learning gain from the human tutor hints and ChatGPT hints, it can be observed that ChatGPT hints produced 46.30% higher learning gains, overall, as compared to human-authored hints."
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Related Claims¶
- Both hint conditions took more time-on-task than control, but ChatGPT and human tutor conditions did not differ in session time — related
- Learners receiving ChatGPT-generated hints showed statistically significant learning gains compared to a no-hint control in an online mathematics tutoring experiment — related
- Learning gains showed significant main effects of hint condition and subject, with no significant condition-by-subject interaction — related
- Generative AI-generated hints can be as effective as human-generated hints for mathematics performance, but ensuring accuracy requires validation procedures that discard a substantial share of generated hints — a broader claim this one bears on
- ChatGPT 3.5 produced low-quality hints for 32% of problems, reducible to near 0% for algebra and 13% for statistics via the self-consistency technique — related
- AI multimodal feedback produces post-test learning gains equivalent to educator feedback after controlling for pre-test performance — related
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Learning gains from ChatGPT-generated hints were not statistically significantly different from human tutor-authored hints, though ChatGPT gains were numerically higher in all subjects |
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Learning gains from ChatGPT-generated hints were not statistically significantly different from human tutor-authored hints, though ChatGPT gains were numerically higher in all subjects |
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