Tailoring Shadow Education: Leveraging ChatGPT to Transform Private Tutoring Landscape to Optimized Performance of Students

Abstract

The present research was intended to investigate the ChatGPT role as a private tutor in the context of its significance and effect on students' satisfaction and academic performance. The advent of technological innovations like ChatGPT and AI tools has changed the panorama of globally expanding private tutoring through the integration of AI tools. A quantitative research approach along with a descriptive research method was designed to accomplish the present research. A total of 151 university students were sample of research, selected through a simple random sampling technique. Results displayed that students were agreed about ChatGPT as a private tutor in the context of effectiveness, active engagement, personalized guidance, positive interaction, constructive feedback, integration, recommendations, and user interface. ChatGPT as a private tutor has significant effect on students' satisfaction with positive relationship. Students may be provided training in the use of AI tools like ChatGPT for private tutoring. Program developers of AI may address potential biases, challenges and misuse of AI applications in education.