Dental students who could ask ChatGPT while they learned from videos felt more motivated

The study

1. 01

   Who took part

   187 dental students in their fourth or fifth year at a university in China, about 22 years old on average. 94 were in the chatbot group and 93 learned from videos only.

2. 02

   What they did

   For one week, both groups learned a basic dental skill from teaching videos. The chatbot group could also ask the free ChatGPT-3.5 about doubts and the steps of the task.

3. 03

   What happened

   After the week, the chatbot group rated their drive to learn higher on a questionnaire. They also felt more sure of their skills. The two groups had been alike at the start. The paper gives no group scores, so we can't say how big the gap was. Some of its numbers about who took part don't add up.

What the study found

1. Helped

   Students who asked a chatbot as they watched skill videos felt more driven and sure of themselves than others.

   • Rule: With an automated digital coachtested

   Randomised trial of 187 dental students in China · vs students who learned from the same videos only · they rated themselves · ⚠ numbers unreliable

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