Dazhen Tong, Yang Tao, Kangkang Zhang, Xinxin Dong, Yangyang Hu, Sudong Pan, Qiaoyi Liu
{"title":"Investigating ChatGPT-4’s performance in solving physics problems and its potential implications for education","authors":"Dazhen Tong, Yang Tao, Kangkang Zhang, Xinxin Dong, Yangyang Hu, Sudong Pan, Qiaoyi Liu","doi":"10.1007/s12564-023-09913-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12564-023-09913-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have been consistently influencing the progress of education for an extended period, with its impact becoming more significant especially after the launch of ChatGPT-3.5 at the end of November 2022. In the field of physics education, recent research regarding the performance of ChatGPT-3.5 in solving physics problems discovered that its problem-solving abilities were only at the level of novice students, insufficient to cause outstanding alarm in the field of physics education. However, the release of ChatGPT-4 presented substantial improvements in reasoning and conciseness. How does this translate to performance in solving physics problems, and what kind of impact might it have on education? This study undertakes a comprehensive assessment of ChatGPT-4’s performance in solving physics problems from the perspective of physics conceptual understanding and reasoning, and compares its performance with that of students. It is concluded that ChatGPT-4’s performance in solving physics problems has significantly improved compared to ChatGPT-3.5, and was notably superior to the majority of middle school and high school students. This finding presents both a challenge and an opportunity for physics education and the broader educational field, and triggers immediate considerations for coping with this challenge in future teaching and assessment environments.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"25 5","pages":"1379 - 1389"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138527664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of cognitive load and working memory on preschoolers’ learning effectiveness","authors":"Yun Hyun Pack, Na Ya Choi, Bokyung Kim","doi":"10.1007/s12564-023-09898-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-023-09898-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study investigates the impact of cognitive load and working memory on preschoolers’ learning effectiveness. A total of 184 5-year-old children in Korea participated in this study. Six types of instructional materials with different intrinsic and extraneous cognitive loads were developed. Preschoolers were randomly assigned to one of the six groups and participated in learning activities specific to their groups. Preschoolers’ learning effectiveness was assessed using a learning effectiveness scale, and their working memory capacity was measured using digit span and Corsi memory tasks. The results revealed that learning effectiveness for preschoolers was high when intrinsic cognitive load in instructional materials was low, and it was low when extraneous cognitive load was added to instructional materials. Groups with high working memory capacity showed higher learning effectiveness than those with low capacity. Furthermore, in various teaching plan conditions, learning effectiveness varied depending on children’s working memory capacity. These results guide suggestions for practical and customized teaching plans suitable for cognitive development in early childhood.</p>","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138543715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In-service teachers’ views on implementing inclusive practices in Hong Kong classrooms: Challenges and support needs","authors":"W. S. Chow","doi":"10.1007/s12564-023-09912-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-023-09912-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"71 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139251619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determinants of Japanese-trained Chinese PhDs’ academic career attainments","authors":"Shuoyang Meng, Wenqin Shen","doi":"10.1007/s12564-023-09911-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12564-023-09911-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Chinese government has been actively recruiting foreign-trained Chinese scholars to return to China since the Chinese brain drain began. Japan is among the most popular destinations for Chinese scholars seeking to receive doctoral training. This study explores the factors contributing to the stratification of Japanese-trained Chinese PhDs’ academic career attainments using the Mertonian norm of universalism. The results indicate that the norm of universalism can partly explain the stratification of Japanese-trained Chinese PhDs. The reason for this is that their higher pre-graduation productivity enhances the chance that Japanese-trained Chinese PhDs have of obtaining an academic position at a top university in China. In addition to pre-graduation academic productivity, other factors, including the prestige of the university attended, the duration of the academic sojourn in Japan, and the ethnicity of the supervisor influence employment outcomes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"25 4","pages":"925 - 937"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12564-023-09911-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139270825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Association between psychological need satisfaction and online self-regulated learning","authors":"Achmad Hidayatullah, Csaba Csíkos","doi":"10.1007/s12564-023-09910-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-023-09910-9","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The role that psychological need satisfaction and self-regulated learning play in academic online learning has been extensively researched. However, the impact of the three psychological needs, perceived autonomy, competence, and relatedness, on online self-regulated learning remains unclear. This investigated the association between the satisfaction of psychological needs and the six dimensions of online self-regulated learning. This cross-sectional study adopted a quantitative approach. In all, 315 students from four higher education institutions participated in the present study. Students were asked to complete the online questionnaire of psychological need satisfaction and an online self-regulated learning questionnaire. Structural equation modeling was performed to examine the structural relationships between the two. Our study showed that perceived autonomy predicted goal setting, environment structuring, time management, and self-evaluation but did not predict help-seeking and task strategies. Perceived competence did not predict environment structuring. Perceived relatedness predicted environment structuring, help-seeking, and self-evaluation. This study appears to be the first to examine the predictions of need satisfaction to increase students’ capability in regulating their learning.","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"49 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135042961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Longitudinal trajectories of the career barriers of school dropouts using latent class growth analysis","authors":"Hyojin Cho, Sun Young Park, Eun Sul Lee","doi":"10.1007/s12564-023-09899-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-023-09899-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"113 28","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135137754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of measurement noninvariance across time and group in longitudinal item response modeling","authors":"In-Hee Choi","doi":"10.1007/s12564-023-09907-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12564-023-09907-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Longitudinal item response data often exhibit two types of measurement noninvariance: the noninvariance of item parameters between subject groups and that of item parameters across multiple time points. This study proposes a comprehensive approach to the simultaneous modeling of both types of measurement noninvariance in terms of longitudinal item response modeling while incorporating a latent growth curve model. The growth curve model represents the growth trajectory using initial status and (non)linear change over multiple time points. In addition, this study investigates the impact of measurement noninvariance across time points and subject groups in the examination of group differences in growth over multiple time points. To demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed model, an empirical application to large-scale longitudinal survey data is provided, along with the results of a simulation study.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"25 4","pages":"911 - 924"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135340547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Access to senior secondary science and mathematics: examining the evidence for stratification in an Australian school system","authors":"Jenny Dean, Philip Roberts, Steve Murphy","doi":"10.1007/s12564-023-09908-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12564-023-09908-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This research investigates access to senior school science and mathematics subjects offered in the final year of secondary schooling. Using data from the most populous Australian state of New South Wales, we examine whether stratification occurs in access to science and mathematics curricula. We find that the opportunity to study these subjects differs by key school characteristics, including location, socioeconomic composition and school sector. We find that while some science subjects and entry level mathematics are offered in most schools, substantial inequalities exist in access to the most advanced level of mathematics and chemistry. School location, socioeconomic composition, enrolment size and the availability of teachers predict the probability of whether a school offers the least and most advanced science and mathematics subjects. The findings highlight that stratification in curricula offerings occurs systemically and may intensify educational inequalities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"25 5","pages":"1345 - 1362"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12564-023-09908-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135475701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction: Where to study abroad? American college students’ choice of a study abroad destination: pre-college, college and program capital","authors":"Jae-Eun Jon","doi":"10.1007/s12564-023-09914-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12564-023-09914-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"25 2","pages":"397 - 397"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135868138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}