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Help or Hype? Students' Engagement and Perception of Using AI to Solve Physics Problems
With the rise of large language models such as ChatGPT, interest has grown in understanding how these tools influence learning in STEM education, including physics. This study explores how students use ChatGPT during a physics problem-solving task embedded in a formal assessment. We analyzed patterns of AI usage and their relationship to student performance. Findings indicate that students who engaged with ChatGPT generally performed better than those who did not. Particularly, students who provided more complete and contextual prompts experienced greater benefits. Further, students who demonstrated overall positive gains collectively asked more conceptual questions than those who exhibited overall negative gains. However, the presence of incorrect AI-generated responses also underscores the importance of critically evaluating AI output. These results suggest that while AI can be a valuable aid in problem solving, its effectiveness depends significantly on how students use it, reinforcing the need to incorporate structured AI-literacy into STEM education.
Physics Education Research Conference 2025
Part of the PER Conference series Washington, DC: August 6-7, 2025 Pages 294-299
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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=17156">Mirza, Qurat-ul-Ann, and N. Sanjay Rebello. "Help or Hype? Students' Engagement and Perception of Using AI to Solve Physics Problems." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2025, Washington, DC, August 6-7, 2025.</a>
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Q. Mirza and N. Rebello, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2025, Washington, DC, 2025, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=17156&DocID=6084).
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Q. Mirza and N. Rebello, Help or Hype? Students' Engagement and Perception of Using AI to Solve Physics Problems, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2025, Washington, DC, 2025, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=17156&DocID=6084>.
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Mirza, Q., & Rebello, N. (2025, August 6-7). Help or Hype? Students' Engagement and Perception of Using AI to Solve Physics Problems. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2025, Washington, DC. Retrieved February 11, 2026, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=17156&DocID=6084
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Mirza, Qurat-ul-Ann, and N. Sanjay Rebello. "Help or Hype? Students' Engagement and Perception of Using AI to Solve Physics Problems." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2025, Washington, DC, August 6-7, 2025. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=17156&DocID=6084 (accessed 11 February 2026).
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Mirza, Qurat-ul-Ann, and N. Sanjay Rebello. "Help or Hype? Students' Engagement and Perception of Using AI to Solve Physics Problems." Physics Education Research Conference 2025. Washington, DC: 2025. 294-299 of PER Conference. 11 Feb. 2026 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=17156&DocID=6084>.
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Pages = {294-299},
Address = {Washington, DC},
Series = {PER Conference},
Month = {August 6-7},
Year = {2025}
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