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most citedHow understanding large language models can inform the use of ChatGPT in physics education

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physics.ed-ph2025★ 6 cited

Multimodal large language models and physics visual tasks: comparative analysis of performance and costs

Giulia Polverini, Bor Gregorcic

Multimodal large language models (MLLMs) capable of processing both text and visual inputs are increasingly being explored for uses in physics education, such as tutoring, formativ…

physics.ed-ph2025★ 22 cited

Multilingual Performance of a Multimodal Artificial Intelligence System on Multisubject Physics Concept Inventories

Gerd Kortemeyer, Marina Babayeva, Giulia Polverini +2

We investigate the multilingual and multimodal performance of a large language model-based artificial intelligence (AI) system, GPT-4o, using a diverse set of physics concept inven…

physics.ed-ph2024★ 15 cited

Performance of ChatGPT on tasks involving physics visual representations: the case of the Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment

Giulia Polverini, Jakob Melin, Elias Onerud +1

Artificial intelligence-based chatbots are increasingly influencing physics education due to their ability to interpret and respond to textual and visual inputs. This study evaluat…

physics.ed-ph2024★ 19 cited

Evaluating vision-capable chatbots in interpreting kinematics graphs: a comparative study of free and subscription-based models

Giulia Polverini, Bor Gregorcic

This study investigates the performance of eight large multimodal model (LMM)-based chatbots on the Test of Understanding Graphs in Kinematics (TUG-K), a research-based concept inv…

physics.ed-ph2024★ 33 cited

ChatGPT as a tool for honing teachers' Socratic dialogue skills

Bor Gregorcic, Giulia Polverini, Andreja Sarlah

In this proof-of-concept paper, we propose a specific kind of pedagogical use of ChatGPT - to help teachers practice their Socratic dialogue skills. We follow up on the previously…

physics.ed-ph2023★ 63 cited

Performance of ChatGPT on the Test of Understanding Graphs in Kinematics

Giulia Polverini, Bor Gregorcic

The well-known artificial intelligence-based chatbot ChatGPT-4 has become able to process image data as input in October 2023. We investigated its performance on the Test of Unders…

physics.ed-ph2023★ 105 cited

How understanding large language models can inform the use of ChatGPT in physics education

Giulia Polverini, Bor Gregorcic

The paper aims to fulfil three main functions: (1) to serve as an introduction for the physics education community to the functioning of Large Language Models (LLMs), (2) to presen…