How effective is ChatGPT for A* and A grade essay model answers for A Levels?

MindMax2000

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If we want model answers for essays to work from (and do comparisons with), how effective would you say ChatGPT would be in creating A*/A grade answers in your opinion for your A Level subject?

If we further then get the bot to mark the answer, would you say the way it marks the essays would be reflective of how the answers would be marked by the exam boards?
If we get our own essays marked by the bot, would you say the way the bot marks the answer would be reflective of how the exam boards would mark them?

How about practice exam questions and answers?

If you would like to comment on this thread, please include the A Level subjects you are studying or teaching. It would be interesting to hear about your opinions on this.

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Noman277

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i havent tried it for A level but used it for gcse english. you have to be really specific with your question.like wrte in PETAL paragraphs since itll give a broad answer etc.it it also good for explaining complicated topics very nicely such as in science etc . in math i dont neccesarly trust it on worded questions

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juicygcse

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Original post by MindMax2000

If we want model answers for essays to work from (and do comparisons with), how effective would you say ChatGPT would be in creating A*/A grade answers in your opinion for your A Level subject?

If we further then get the bot to mark the answer, would you say the way it marks the essays would be reflective of how the answers would be marked by the exam boards?
If we get our own essays marked by the bot, would you say the way the bot marks the answer would be reflective of how the exam boards would mark them?

How about practice exam questions and answers?

If you would like to comment on this thread, please include the A Level subjects you are studying or teaching. It would be interesting to hear about your opinions on this.

My history teacher said he tried putting in GCSE questions and it gave rubbish answers.
Also, ChatGPT can be wrong, and I have seen it to be wrong on more than one occasion so you would have to fact check everything it says.
A boy in my history class used it to mark his January mock paper and it gave a completely different grade to the one he actually got in the mock (my history teacher has been an A level exam marker for around 10 years so I trust his grade) - then again, the boy told ChatGPT the wrong exam board but even still I'm not sure that accounts for 2 grades difference.
My history teacher has said he thinks it could be good for generating practice questions, however I think you would have to be very specific for it to actually emulate real exam questions.

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Joinedup

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Yeah it can currently give rubbishy answers but write in a very confident way about them - maybe you could improve it if you became an expert in writing prompts.

Also if you ask it for references it'll produce something that looks like a reference list but doesn't actually relate to the points it's made... that's where it seems to be at the moment - it'll produce something that resembles what you ask it for, but without necessarily producing the thing you asked it for.

Maybe you could use it as examples of how to write an essay in a confident voice - but the actual content of the essay can't be trusted in the current version.

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StudyMind

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Original post by MindMax2000

If we want model answers for essays to work from (and do comparisons with), how effective would you say ChatGPT would be in creating A*/A grade answers in your opinion for your A Level subject?

If we further then get the bot to mark the answer, would you say the way it marks the essays would be reflective of how the answers would be marked by the exam boards?
If we get our own essays marked by the bot, would you say the way the bot marks the answer would be reflective of how the exam boards would mark them?

How about practice exam questions and answers?

If you would like to comment on this thread, please include the A Level subjects you are studying or teaching. It would be interesting to hear about your opinions on this.

Heya!
I wouldn't recommend using it for essay writing. The information is not always correct + in unis it is considered plagiarism to copy from ChatGPT (so bad habit to develop). I would recommend sticking to your own answers + using a mark scheme to check whether what you wrote is aligned with the answer examiners are looking for :h:

I hope this helps!
Milena
UCL PFE
Study Mind

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FCGSTeacher

Original post by MindMax2000

If we want model answers for essays to work from (and do comparisons with), how effective would you say ChatGPT would be in creating A*/A grade answers in your opinion for your A Level subject?
If we further then get the bot to mark the answer, would you say the way it marks the essays would be reflective of how the answers would be marked by the exam boards?
If we get our own essays marked by the bot, would you say the way the bot marks the answer would be reflective of how the exam boards would mark them?
How about practice exam questions and answers?
If you would like to comment on this thread, please include the A Level subjects you are studying or teaching. It would be interesting to hear about your opinions on this.

Are there any practitioners (rather than students) who can speak to how effective these can be as a classroom tool?

Model answers are a great classroom tool, but it is not always possible to write lots of them as part of the planning process (especially for longer essay questions that would be given 45+ minutes in the exam.) so knowing how effective AI is at creating these models at various levels (.e.g. one grad 4, grade 6 and grade 9) would be so useful.

As an English teacher, I've noticed that Mr Salles on YouTube is promoting https://www.tilf.io/?utm_source=salles as a marking tool, so it seems a tool that does the same but writing models must exist?

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MindMax2000

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Universities Forum Helper

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Original post by FCGSTeacher

Are there any practitioners (rather than students) who can speak to how effective these can be as a classroom tool?
Model answers are a great classroom tool, but it is not always possible to write lots of them as part of the planning process (especially for longer essay questions that would be given 45+ minutes in the exam.) so knowing how effective AI is at creating these models at various levels (.e.g. one grad 4, grade 6 and grade 9) would be so useful.
As an English teacher, I've noticed that Mr Salles on YouTube is promoting https://www.tilf.io/?utm_source=salles as a marking tool, so it seems a tool that does the same but writing models must exist?

Unfortunately, I have yet to come across one.
It's kind of funny considering there's practically an AI for pretty much anything from digital art to note-taking. You can even create music, videos, and day trade with some of it.

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