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Is English the New Programming Language? How About Pseudo-code Engineering?
Gian Alexandre Michaelsen, Renato P. dos Santos
Background: The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into daily life, particularly through chatbots utilizing natural language processing (NLP), presents both revolutionary…
ChatGPT as Co-Advisor in Scientific Initiation: Action Research with Project-Based Learning in Elementary Education
Fabiano Villan, Renato P. dos Santos
Background: In the contemporary educational landscape, technology has the power to drive innovative pedagogical practices. Overcoming the resistance of teachers and students to ado…
Enhancing Chemistry Learning with ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Bard, and Claude as Agents-to-Think-With: A Comparative Case Study
Renato P. dos Santos
This research delves into the comparative advantages of Generative AI chatbots (GenAIbots) -- ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Bard, and Claude -- in the context of Chemistry education, framed…
Enhancing Physics Learning with ChatGPT, Bing Chat, and Bard as Agents-to-Think-With: A Comparative Case Study
Renato P. dos Santos
The rise of AI has brought remarkable advancements in education, with AI models demonstrating their ability to analyse and provide instructive solutions to complex problems. This s…
Enhancing Chemistry Learning with ChatGPT and Bing Chat as Agents to Think With: A Comparative Case Study
Renato P. dos Santos
This study explores the potential of Generative AI chatbots (GenAIbots) such as ChatGPT and Bing Chat, in Chemistry education, within a constructionist theoretical framework. A sin…
Enhancing STEM Learning with ChatGPT and Bing Chat as Objects to Think With: A Case Study
Marco Antonio Rodrigues Vasconcelos, Renato P. dos Santos
This study investigates the potential of ChatGPT and Bing Chat, advanced conversational AIs, as "objects-to-think-with," resources that foster reflective and critical thinking, and…
Second Life as a Platform for Physics Simulations and Microworlds: An Evaluation
Renato P. dos Santos
Often mistakenly seen as a game, the online 3D immersive virtual world Second Life (SL) is itself a huge and sophisticated simulator of an entire Earthlike world. Differently from…
TATI -- A Logo-like interface for microworlds and simulations for physics teaching in Second Life
Renato P. dos Santos
Student difficulties in learning Physics have been thoroughly discussed in the scientific literature. Already in 1980, Papert complained that schools teach Newtonian motion by mani…
Big Data as a Mediator in Science Teaching: A Proposal
Renato P. dos Santos
We live in a digital world that, in 2010, crossed the mark of one zettabyte data. This huge amount of data processed on computers extremely fast with optimized techniques allows on…
Second Life Physics: Virtual, real, or surreal?
Renato P. dos Santos
Science teaching detached itself from reality and became restricted to the classrooms and textbooks with their overreliance on standardized and repetitive exercises, while students…
Second Life: game, simulator, or serious game?
Renato P. dos Santos
This article reports on an exploratory case study conducted to examine the viability of Second Life (SL) as an environment for physical simulations and microworlds. It begins by di…