An Investigation on Task Difficulty: Does Task Difficulty Depend on the Technology Used in Task Completion?

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dc.contributor.author Akgun,M.
dc.contributor.author Toker,S.
dc.contributor.other Information Systems Engineering
dc.date.accessioned 2024-07-05T15:50:46Z
dc.date.available 2024-07-05T15:50:46Z
dc.date.issued 2024
dc.department Atılım University en_US
dc.department-temp Akgun M., Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States; Toker S., Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey en_US
dc.description ACM SIGCSE; Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) en_US
dc.description.abstract Previous research indicates that task difficulty (i.e., students' judgments on a task's complexity) impacts their task performance. However, whether students' perceived task difficulty changes depending on the technology they use when completing tasks is still under investigation. The present study aims to address this gap in the literature. One hundred twenty-three students completed the study procedures. Students were randomly assigned to one of four groups (one control group and three experimental groups). Students were not allowed to use any technology in the control group. In contrast, those in experimental groups were permitted to use one of the following tools: e-textbook, Google, and ChatGPT. Students in each group completed three tasks with different complexities in the same order. The data was analyzed using repeated-measures ANOVA. The study revealed a significant interaction effect between groups and task difficulty perceptions at three levels. In all groups, perceived difficulty increased as the task complexity increased, but the change in students' perceived task difficulty across three tasks was impacted by the tool used when completing the tasks. © 2024 Owner/Author. en_US
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dc.identifier.doi 10.1145/3626253.3635602
dc.identifier.endpage 1553 en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 979-840070424-6
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85189175169
dc.identifier.startpage 1552 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1145/3626253.3635602
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/4188
dc.identifier.volume 2 en_US
dc.institutionauthor Toker, Sacip
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Association for Computing Machinery, Inc en_US
dc.relation.ispartof SIGCSE 2024 - Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education -- 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2024 -- 20 March 2024 through 23 March 2024 -- Portland -- 197936 en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Konferans Öğesi - Uluslararası - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
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dc.subject generative AI en_US
dc.subject task difficulty en_US
dc.subject task performance en_US
dc.title An Investigation on Task Difficulty: Does Task Difficulty Depend on the Technology Used in Task Completion? en_US
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