ProCoT: Stimulating Critical Thinking and Writing of Students through Engagement with Large Language Models (LLMs)

arXiv:2312.09801v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We introduce a novel writing method called Probing Chain-of-Thought (ProCoT), which potentially prevents students from cheating using a Large Language Model (LLM), such as ChatGPT, while enhancing their active learning. LLMs have disrupted education and many other fields. For fear of students cheating, many have resorted to banning their use. These LLMs are also known for hallucinations. We conduct studies with ProCoT in two different courses with 65 students. The students in each course were …

abstract active learning arxiv chatgpt cheating cs.cl education engagement fear fields language language model language models large language large language model large language models llm llms novel students thinking thought through type while writing