Prompt Engineering: Maximizing ChatGPT's Potential in Science Education

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Published: Apr 19, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.9891
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artificial intelligence chatgpt physics education prompt engineering
Dimitrios Gousopoulos
Panteion University
https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7410-9461
Abstract

Artificial Intelligence and especially Large Language Models (LLM), such as ChatGPT has revolutionized the way educators work. The results we get from LLMs depend on how we ask them to help us. The process and the technique behind an effective input is called prompt engineering. The aim of this study is to investigate whether science educators in secondary education improve their attitude toward ChatGPT as a learning assistant after an appropriate training in prompt engineering. The results of the pilot study presented in this paper show an improvement in the previously mentioned teachers' perceptions.


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