AI impact on improving University students' academic writing
Lead institution: Dhofar University
Country: Oman
Project primary contact: Alaa Aladini (aaladini@du.edu.om), Associate Professor
Project Title: AI impact on improving University students' academic writing
The project is: Finished
Project Summary:
The study aimed to investigate the effect of artificial intelligence (AI) applications on improving University Senior students’ academic writing and logical thinking skills. The participants were all senior students majoring in English language teaching in the Education department in Dhofar University, (N=32), enrolled in two courses namely; Teaching English Language I and Teaching English language II.
The researcher followed the quasi-experimental approach. A prep-post test was used as a data collection tool. The experiment lasted for 10 weeks (fall semester, 2022).
The researcher used AI programs namely: Grammarly, Jasper, Quillbot, Sudowrite and Chibi, where students used the programs to do the assignments and other writing duties. The results showed that the AI dictionary programs and applications were effective to improve the students’ academic writing skills and their logical thinking.
Impact: The study aimed to investigate the effect of the artificial intelligence (AI) applications on improving University Senior students’ academic writing skills and their logical thinking skills. The participants were all senior students majoring in English language teaching in the Education department in Dhofar university, (N=32), enrolled in two courses namely; Teaching English Language I and Teaching English language II.
The researcher followed the quasi experimental approach. A prep-post test was used as a data collection tool. The experiment lasted for 10 weeks (fall semester, 2022).
The researcher used AI programs namely: Grammarly, Jasper, Quillbot, Sudowrite and Chibi, where students used the programs to do the assignments and other writing duties. The results showed that the AI dictionary programs and applications were effective to improve the students’ academic writing skills and their logical thinking.
Audience: University Students
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