Abstract

PAIVA, Rosa Sandra; COSTA, António Pedro  and  REIS, Luís Paulo. ChatGPT as a catalyst for Critical and Creative Thinking. Práxis Educativa [online]. 2025, vol.20, e24247.  Epub Apr 10, 2025. ISSN 1809-4309.  https://doi.org/10.5212/praxeduc.v.20.24247.007.

To address the current demands for the development of skills and dispositions in Critical and Creative Thinking (CCT), the CCT Learning Model was designed using a Generative Artificial Intelligence model-ChatGPT-for high school students. The Model (CCT_GenAI) encompasses six stages, in which ChatGPT acts as a mentor, tool, and simulator. This study aims to characterize the students through the application of a Critical and Creative Thinking Test and a Scale of Critical Thinking Dispositions, and to understand how skills and dispositions evolve after implementing the CCT_GenAI model. The study was conducted in Portugal, involving 23 12th-grade students. The students demonstrated a high initial level of CCT skills and dispositions, as well as a moderate improvement in skills and a significant increase in dispositions, particularly among students with lower initial scores.

Keywords : Problem solving; Critical and Creative Thinking Learning Model; Generative Artificial Intelligence..

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