Generative AI in Programming Education: Evaluating ChatGPT’s Effect on Computational Thinking
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Integrating ChatGPT into the learning process can have a considerable positive impact on students' computational thinking capabilities, including problem solving, critical thinking, and creativity.
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“Finally, the findings underline the importance of incorporating insights from relevant studies [49,50], which show that integrating ChatGPT into the learning process can have a considerable positive impact on students’ computational thinking capabilities, including problem solving, critical…”
- Authors
- Sivasakthi, M., & Meenakshi, A.
- Affiliations
- SRM Institute of Science and Technology (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Sivasakthi, M.
- Venue
- SN Computer Science
- Published
- 2025-06-10
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 5
- ISSN
- 2661-8907 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4411184077
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 5
- FWCI
- 14.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- SN Computer Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Teaching and Learning Programming
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Artificial Intelligence in Education
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning
- Keywords
- generative AI in education, ChatGPT, computational thinking, programming education, first-year programming, algorithmic thinking, problem solving, code quality, overreliance on AI, AI ethics in education, Python
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