The effect of generative artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool use on students' computational thinking skills, programming self-efficacy and motivation

ChatGPT (generative pre-trained transformer) is one of the artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that have started to be used in programming education. In line with this result, it can be said that it may be useful to benefit from AI technologies such as ChatGPT in programming trainings.

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• 1 However, the effect of using ChatGPT in programming education on learning processes and outcomes is not yet known.
• 2 This study investigated the effect of programming education using the ChatGPT on students' computational thinking skills, programming self-efficacy, and motivation toward the lesson.
• 3 The research was conducted on 45 undergraduate students who took a university-level programming course.

This research advances how AI systems learn, reason, and solve problems — with direct implications for automation and scientific discovery.

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