Brainstorming Based on ChatGPT in Developing Generative Thinking among Students Considering Bring Your Own Device Policy

Abstract

Students’ lack of generative thinking skills, including fluency, flexibility, hypothesis formation, prediction, and error recognition, negatively impact learning and require research. Therefore, this study aims to find out the effectiveness of brainstorming based on artificial intelligence applications of ChatGPT in developing generative thinking among third-year students specializing in early childhood education, considering Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy in the second semester of the academic year (2023/2024). The researcher relied on the quasi-experimental approach with two groups to identify the effectiveness of the independent variable teaching method (Brainstorming based on ChatGPT) and the dependent variable (Developing generative thinking skills). The study sample consisted of 32 female students who were learning at Jadara University and specializing in early childhood. The results showed that brainstorming based on ChatGPT develops generative thinking skills. Based on the results, the researcher recommends conducting studies that employ technological innovations, Brainstorming, ChatGPT, and Bring Your Own Device Strategy (BYOD) Policy on different academic study populations and different topics, especially the early childhood teacher students’ stages and topics.