ChatGPT as a catalyst for Critical and Creative Thinking
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https://doi.org/10.5212/PraxEduc.v.20.24247.007Abstract
To address the current demands for the development of skills and dispositions in Critical and Creative Thinking (CCT), the CCT Learning Model was designed using a Generative Artificial Intelligence model—ChatGPT—for high school students. The Model (CCT_GenAI) encompasses six stages, in which ChatGPT acts as a mentor, tool, and simulator. This study aims to characterize the students through the application of a Critical and Creative Thinking Test and a Scale of Critical Thinking Dispositions, and to understand how skills and dispositions evolve after implementing the CCT_GenAI model. The study was conducted in Portugal, involving 23 12th-grade students. The students demonstrated a high initial level of CCT skills and dispositions, as well as a moderate improvement in skills and a significant increase in dispositions, particularly among students with lower initial scores.
Keywords: Problem solving. Critical and Creative Thinking Learning Model. Generative Artificial Intelligence.
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