Volume 1
ChatGPT as a Pedagogical Tool for Teaching Statistical Distributions: An Empirical Classroom Study
Authors
David Tian, Jinju Lee
Abstract
This study was conducted at an international high school in South Korea to evaluate the effectiveness of incorporating ChatGPT as a tool for teaching data distributions. Using a pretest/posttest design, students were given a brief, traditional lecture on various statistical distributions followed by a diagnostic test. Subsequently, they engaged with ChatGPT to generate, and graph simulated datasets. The investigation involved a small sample of seven students over a 100-minute class, concluding with a summative assessment. Results indicate substantial improvement in most students, with a p-value of approximately 0.049, demonstrating the potential of AI-assisted learning in the classroom.
Keyword: ChatGPT, Education Technology, AI-assisted learning, data science pedagogy, Generative AI
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