Motivations for AI Use in Assignments among University Students
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https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v13i1p5Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence, Students, Motivation, Honesty, Academic, EducationAbstract
The development of artificial intelligence has changed the manner that people work, gain information, and develop understanding. Artificial Intelligence has become a prominent part of various fields including education. Students use these programs and tools as a source of support to make finishing assignments and accessing content easier. The aim of this research was to find the reasons students’ use AI to complete their assignments. A quantitative survey of 57 students across three Kurdistan universities was conducted to explore motivations for AI use. Data was analyzed using the IBM SPSS Program and descriptive statistics tests. The quantitative method showed that most of the participants completed their assignments by using AI, which was largely due to the overall workload and difficulty of the tasks. Moreover, the students’ age, gender, university, or grade did not affect the students’ motivation for using AI. These results reveal that students’ motivation to use AI is the same across various demographic variables, indicating the prevalent application in education and highlighting the significance of educational endeavours to guarantee its ethical use. The findings contribute to ongoing debates on academic integrity and the ethical integration of AI in higher education. Hence, students’ usage of AI should be acknowledged due to the evolving nature of AI within education and steps need to be taken to properly address such occurrences in modern education. Limitations related to sample size and generalizability are acknowledged.
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