Reimagining Assessment in the Age of Generative AI: Lessons from Open-Book Exams with ChatGPT
Generative AI systems such as ChatGPT challenge traditional assumptions about academic assessment by enabling students to generate explanations, code, and solutions in real time. Rather than attempting to restrict AI use, this study investigates how students actually interact with such systems during formal evaluation. Engineering students were permitted to use ChatGPT during take-home open-book exams and were required to submit interaction transcripts alongside exam solutions. This provided dir
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Published: 12 May 2026
Source: arXiv
Category: Research
Topics: Children & education · Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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