This study investigates students’ (self-reported) (responsible) use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) chatbots in education. We expected the demographic characteristics age, gender,...Show moreThis study investigates students’ (self-reported) (responsible) use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) chatbots in education. We expected the demographic characteristics age, gender, preferred language, education type and field of study to be related to the frequency of GenAI chatbot and the extent to which students report to use GenAI chatbots in a way that is beneficial to their quality of learning and ethically responsible. The research sample comprised 281 students in Dutch education of 16 years and older that completed an online questionnaire regarding GenAI chatbots usage in education. 70% of participants had used GenAI chatbots, with the average use between “once a month” and “several times a month”. The data furthermore implies that students largely use GenAI chatbots in a way that is beneficial to their learning and ethically responsible. Multiple regression analyses suggest that (1) education type correlates with the frequency of GenAI use, with university students using GenAI chatbots more frequently than other students, (2) students consider their use of GenAI chatbots to be more beneficial as their age increases, (3) English-speaking students consider their use of GenAI chatbots to be more beneficial than Dutch students do, and (4) none of the demographic variables correlate with the extent to which students use GenAI chatbots in an ethically responsible manner. Although our results do not show significant indications of the negative impact experts theorize the use of GenAI chatbots in education may have on students’ behaviour, we suggest to vigilantly monitor students’ (responsible) use of GenAI chatbots.Show less
Being read aloud is an important stimulus for the development of emergent literacy. During reading it is important that a child not only listens, but also actively focuses their attention to the...Show moreBeing read aloud is an important stimulus for the development of emergent literacy. During reading it is important that a child not only listens, but also actively focuses their attention to the tekst in the picture book. Various studies have shown that children who are being read to do not pay much attention to the written text in picture books. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of repeated reading, using highlighted text and using print-salient text to examine the attention on written text in picture books, by following the eye movements of 126 children in kindergarten using a Eye Tracker. The study is an experimental study with pre- and post-measurements and random assignment of the children to one of the six conditions. For all children, repeated reading and highlighting the text was observed to increase the amount of time the children looked at the written text in a picture book, than when there was no intervention. For adjusting the characteristics of the written text no positive effect was found. Future researcher is required to examine the effects of attentionorienting strategies on reading related outcomes. What also remains unclear is the specific outcome of this additional attention to the written text in picture books. It is unknown if these strategies lead to benefits or detrimental effects on other reading related components.Show less