Fundamental concepts underlie every scientific field. Among them, there are concepts that represent a turning point in the understanding of the field and whose understanding is a significant challenge for students. Such concepts are called threshold concepts. The aim of thisthe paperresearch is to provideinvestigate anthe overviewpredictors that contribute to the prevalence of Chat GPT use and the attitudes of 8th grade students towards artificial intelligence in the city of Zagreb. Artificial intelligence and various tools such as Chat GPT are becoming more and more present in students' lives, while their use in schools is still not defined, and teachers decide on the implementation or ban of artificial intelligence tools. The population of respondents is defined as the population of 8th-grade students in the City of Zagreb (N=7670), and the total number in the study will be 250. The size of the characteristicssubsample (boys and girls) will be approximately the same in order to ensure a normal distribution and to meet the parametric requirements. For the purposes of thresholdthe conceptsresearch, thatfour distinguishresearch themhypotheses were set. Boys are expected to differ from fundamentalgirls concepts,regarding cognitive, affective, and behavioral components of attitude towards artificial intelligence. In order to identifycollect thresholddata, conceptsfour schools in the fieldCity of computerZagreb science,will andbe toincluded, emphasizeone the need for selecting appropriate teaching strategies and approaches for teaching threshold concepts using digital technology.
In addition to the list of threshold concepts in computer science derivedeach from the literatureeast, review,west, south and the city center. The use of a listrandom stratified sample at the level of thresholdCroatia concepts derived from researchand with computer science teachers is presented. The nominal group technique, which provides a structuredlarger approachnumber toof ideaparticipants exchangewould withinenable the group, was used to identify threshold concepts. Participants first identified the threshold concepts individually by writing explanations and then presented them to the group. The group discussed and voted to reach a consensus. In identifying threshold concepts, the focus was on recognizing transformative and integrative features to identify concepts whose understanding triggers a significant shift in the understandinggeneralization of the subjectconclusions areaat andthe makes connections that were previously hidden.
Identifying threshold concepts can help guide learning and teaching. With a better understandinglevel of the difficulties students face, teachers can provide personalized support to help students master these concepts using technology. Further research will focus on analyzing the possibilities of applying approaches based on educational recommender systems for teaching threshold concepts.population.
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