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| author | Latif, Ehsan Zhou, Yifan Guo, Shuchen Gao, Yizhu Shi, Lehong Nayaaba, Matthew Lee, Gyeonggeon Zhang, Liang Bewersdorff, Arne Fang, Luyang Yang, Xiantong Zhao, Huaqin Jiang, Hanqi Lu, Haoran Li, Jiaxi Yu, Jichao You, Weihang Liu, Zhengliang Liu, Vincent Shung Wang, Hui Wu, Zihao Lu, Jin Dou, Fei Ma, Ping Liu, Ninghao Liu, Tianming Zhai, Xiaoming |
| author_facet | Latif, Ehsan Zhou, Yifan Guo, Shuchen Gao, Yizhu Shi, Lehong Nayaaba, Matthew Lee, Gyeonggeon Zhang, Liang Bewersdorff, Arne Fang, Luyang Yang, Xiantong Zhao, Huaqin Jiang, Hanqi Lu, Haoran Li, Jiaxi Yu, Jichao You, Weihang Liu, Zhengliang Liu, Vincent Shung Wang, Hui Wu, Zihao Lu, Jin Dou, Fei Ma, Ping Liu, Ninghao Liu, Tianming Zhai, Xiaoming |
| contents | As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, it demonstrates capabilities comparable to human intelligence, with significant potential to transform education and workforce development. This study evaluates OpenAI o1-preview's ability to perform higher-order cognitive tasks across 14 dimensions, including critical thinking, systems thinking, computational thinking, design thinking, metacognition, data literacy, creative thinking, abstract reasoning, quantitative reasoning, logical reasoning, analogical reasoning, and scientific reasoning. We used validated instruments like the Ennis-Weir Critical Thinking Essay Test and the Biological Systems Thinking Test to compare the o1-preview's performance with human performance systematically. Our findings reveal that o1-preview outperforms humans in most categories, achieving 150% better results in systems thinking, computational thinking, data literacy, creative thinking, scientific reasoning, and abstract reasoning. However, compared to humans, it underperforms by around 25% in logical reasoning, critical thinking, and quantitative reasoning. In analogical reasoning, both o1-preview and humans achieved perfect scores. Despite these strengths, the o1-preview shows limitations in abstract reasoning, where human psychology students outperform it, highlighting the continued importance of human oversight in tasks requiring high-level abstraction. These results have significant educational implications, suggesting a shift toward developing human skills that complement AI, such as creativity, abstract reasoning, and critical thinking. This study emphasizes the transformative potential of AI in education and calls for a recalibration of educational goals, teaching methods, and curricula to align with an AI-driven world. |
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| spellingShingle | A Systematic Assessment of OpenAI o1-Preview for Higher Order Thinking in Education Latif, Ehsan Zhou, Yifan Guo, Shuchen Gao, Yizhu Shi, Lehong Nayaaba, Matthew Lee, Gyeonggeon Zhang, Liang Bewersdorff, Arne Fang, Luyang Yang, Xiantong Zhao, Huaqin Jiang, Hanqi Lu, Haoran Li, Jiaxi Yu, Jichao You, Weihang Liu, Zhengliang Liu, Vincent Shung Wang, Hui Wu, Zihao Lu, Jin Dou, Fei Ma, Ping Liu, Ninghao Liu, Tianming Zhai, Xiaoming Computers and Society Artificial Intelligence As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, it demonstrates capabilities comparable to human intelligence, with significant potential to transform education and workforce development. This study evaluates OpenAI o1-preview's ability to perform higher-order cognitive tasks across 14 dimensions, including critical thinking, systems thinking, computational thinking, design thinking, metacognition, data literacy, creative thinking, abstract reasoning, quantitative reasoning, logical reasoning, analogical reasoning, and scientific reasoning. We used validated instruments like the Ennis-Weir Critical Thinking Essay Test and the Biological Systems Thinking Test to compare the o1-preview's performance with human performance systematically. Our findings reveal that o1-preview outperforms humans in most categories, achieving 150% better results in systems thinking, computational thinking, data literacy, creative thinking, scientific reasoning, and abstract reasoning. However, compared to humans, it underperforms by around 25% in logical reasoning, critical thinking, and quantitative reasoning. In analogical reasoning, both o1-preview and humans achieved perfect scores. Despite these strengths, the o1-preview shows limitations in abstract reasoning, where human psychology students outperform it, highlighting the continued importance of human oversight in tasks requiring high-level abstraction. These results have significant educational implications, suggesting a shift toward developing human skills that complement AI, such as creativity, abstract reasoning, and critical thinking. This study emphasizes the transformative potential of AI in education and calls for a recalibration of educational goals, teaching methods, and curricula to align with an AI-driven world. |
| title | A Systematic Assessment of OpenAI o1-Preview for Higher Order Thinking in Education |
| topic | Computers and Society Artificial Intelligence |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.21287 |