ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FRONT OF THE SOLUTION OF CHEMISTRY EXERCISES: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY WITH CHATGPT
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Teaching of chemistry, Digital technologies, Virtual assistants, Stoichiometric calculationsAbstract
The new forms of Artificial Intelligence are gaining more space at schools and among students. ChatGPT stands out for its easy use and, in Chemistry Teaching, this tool has stood out for the numerous possibilities, including problem solving. However, there is still not 100% certainty of the effectiveness of such instrument. This work aims to investigate the potential and capacity of ChatGPT to solve exercises involving stoichiometric calculations and balancing chemical equations. These problems were extracted from a textbook for 2nd grade of high school widely used by Basic Education teachers and approved by the PNLD. Due to the research exploratory nature, four questions were selected, two simpler and two more laborious and complex. Furthermore, in case the ChatGPT presented the result incorrectly, some tests were performed to analyze whether a change in the statement would also generate a change in the results. These, by the way, reveal that the chat excels in the language used, as it is simple and easy to understand. On the other hand, it disappoints and frustrates solving stoichiometry problems because, for example, it confuses concepts and does not consider all atoms when balancing an equation. In other words, unless it is already balanced correctly, the use of ChatGPT it is not indicated for solving exercises of this type and despite being a promising tool with some qualities, it is not recommended for those who do not have complete knowledge and/or a necessary discernment to detect the mistakes it made and correct them.
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