What were the primary reasons that made students who used ChatGPT do poorly on math assessments, even though they had worked correctly through a greater number of practice problems?
I’ve noticed this even using Copilot in VS Code. I rarely use it, but if I start pulling it out, I notice at the first hint of actually thinking about how to do something, my brain seeks to ask Copilot instead. It’s like there is an off switch that gets flicked when there is an easy button available. If I were to figure it out on my own, I’d know what to do next time I run into a problem like that… if I use Copilot, I’ve learned nothing, other than next time I run into this, use Copilot.
It’s a crutch when it comes to learning.
Its anecdotal, but I feel a lot better after giving it up and I think I can do a lot more when I can fully reason about the problem after poking at it from different angles.
ChatGPT worked correctly for them but they learned nothing. It should be pretty obvious that you don’t learn by copying answers.