Chatbot lessons may raise interest in learning, not test scores

The study

1. 01

   Who took part

   99 first-year university students in China. There were 91 women and 8 men, in two existing classes.

2. 02

   What they did

   One class learned from short chatbot lessons at their own pace, and could repeat any lesson they chose. The other class learned the same content in lectures.

3. 03

   What happened

   The chatbot class rated themselves as more interested and as enjoying learning more. Both classes scored about the same on the test. The chatbot class's scores were closer together.

What the study found

1. HelpedMotivation

   Students who had short chatbot lessons felt more interest and enjoyment than the lecture class.

   • Action: Split a big task into piecestested
   • Rule: Choose it yourselftested

   Small trial, groups not picked at random of 99 first-year university students in a computer course · vs the lecture class · they rated themselves

2. No differenceGoals

   Students who learned through short, self-paced chatbot lessons scored about the same on the test as the lecture class.

   • Action: Split a big task into piecestested
   • Rule: Choose it yourselftested

   Small trial, groups not picked at random of 99 first-year university students in a computer course · vs the lecture class · they rated themselves

Source