Abstract
This study analyzes the effect of the use of ChatGPT in answering Strategic Intervention Material (SIM) about Climate Change in Grade 9 science and how this can have a significant effect on the academic performance of the students. The use of artificial intelligence in aid of education and learning has become prevalent in our current age. In this light, the researchers explored if artificial intelligence, particularly, ChatGPT, can aid in their learning experience and can be effectively utilized when answering their Strategic Intervention Material for Science 9. Three setups were done in order to ensure the result of the research: (1) first setup was to rely entirely on their pre-requisite knowledge in order to answer the SIM, (2) second setup was to rely entirely to ChatGPT for answers on their SIM, (3) last setup was to use the ChatGPT in combination with their pre-requisite knowledge on the topic of the SIM. The researchers used analysis of variance as statistical treatment to identify if there is a significant difference among the answers obtained from the 3 setups conducted. The findings of the study were able to prove that the use of ChatGPT can significantly affect the academic performance of the students and the setup that showed mostly the students obtaining high scores was the last setup in which they combined their own answers to the answers prompted from ChatGPT, suggesting that the use of ChatGPT as an educational tool may yield positive results when utilized efficiently without compromising ethical protocols.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Science, Strategic Intervention Material.