Anirudh G's Senior Project Blog
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Project Title: An Analysis of the Effect of Artificial Intelligence Chatbots on High School Students BASIS Advisor: Suzanne Ungar Internship Location: Independent Project Onsite Mentor: Emilia Gracia, Senior Global Educator Faculty Mentor |
Project Abstract
Given the recent rise of chatbots such as ChatGPT, there has been a growing concern of the usage of these tools in academic environments, specifically high schools. The exploration of how these chatbots are used by high schoolers can provide insight into the future of these tools in educational institutions. Questions important to foundational research in this arena include: What percentage of high school students use ChatGPT and in what capacity? Do high school students believe that it is ethical to use AI tools (such as ChatGPT) to help them with assignments?
Conclusion
Hello everyone! This will be my last and final blog post. In this post, I will go over my journey and leave some final thoughts. In the beginning, I had a very clear plan of what I was going to do. I very quickly realized that my plan fell apart when I had trouble getting... Read More
Final Product
Hello everyone! Since I practically finished my research last week, I wanted to take some time to talk about my final product. For my final product, I am going to make a poster board. On the poster board I plan to write recommendations for teachers and students on how to deal with AI tools in... Read More
Ninth Week: Finishing Survey Analysis
Hello everyone! This week, I've begun the process of wrapping up my research by continuing the data analysis. As part of closing out my project, I've also taken the time to reflect on the entirety of my research journey. In my reflection, I've examined areas that could have been improved, identified what went wrong, and... Read More
Eighth Week: Survey Analysis Pt. 2
Hello everyone! This week, I started to analyze the trends found in the survey data by going through the graphs I made last week. I will go over some of the trends and conclusions I have drawn in this post. The first trend I found was that although a majority of the students responded that... Read More
Seventh Week: Survey Analysis
Hello everyone! This week, I've been working on analyzing the survey data. To make the analysis easier, I graphed all the responses from the questions. For the yes or no questions, I used pie charts; for the free response questions, I created bar graphs; and for the questions with a Likert scale, I calculated the... Read More
Sixth Week: Survey End
Hello everyone! I closed the survey last week on Friday and ended with a total of 48 responses. I expected a lot more responses due to the large population size. I feel that filling out a paper consent form might’ve discouraged many students from participating. This week I did some more reading and started to... Read More
Fifth Week: More Reading and Survey
Hello everyone! This week, I spent most of my time reading prior research and articles. The survey has been out for 2 weeks now and I am planning on closing it on Friday this week. From last week, there haven't been many responses on the survey which might be in part due to spring break... Read More
Fourth Week: Survey Update
Hello everyone! Last week, the surveys were finally sent out. The survey has been distributed to consenting NHS members at 6 schools; however I still plan on getting 1-2 more schools on board. Since I can only start analyzing survey results after receiving all responses, the survey might be open for another week than expected.... Read More
Third Week: Surveys!
Hello everyone! I was out for most of this week due to the senior trip and being sick. This week, the surveys are finally being sent out. Although due to February break, not many students will have time to answer the surveys so I am planning on keeping the surveys open for at least 2... Read More
Second Week: More Reading
Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog. I have been feeling sick this week so I wasn’t able to get much work done. I am still reading prior research and research articles this week. There has also been a delay in getting out the survey but it will be sent out soon in the near... Read More
First Week: Setting Up
Hello everyone! I appreciate everyone who commented and read my previous post. I have spent a couple of days this week working on my syllabus which still needs a little more work. I will also send out the parental consent forms to the heads of the NHS committee of various BASIS branches this week. This... Read More
Introduction
Welcome to my first senior project blog post. My name is Ani and some of my hobbies are coding, cooking, biking around the neighborhood and playing video games. In this post, I’ll go over the basics of my project, including some background information as well as some of the steps I plan on taking throughout... Read More