Increasing the Motivation of Prospective Teachers: Exploration of the Use of ChatGPT in Developing Mathematics Teaching Materials Independent

Abstract

Teachers in Indonesia have limitations in developing teaching materials. The aim of this research is to explore the use of ChatGPT in developing mathematics teaching materials for the independent learning curriculum in Indonesia. This type of research is quantitative descriptive with a sample of 15 students. The instruments used in this research were motivation questionnaires, observation sheets, documentation, and interviews. The results of this research are steps for using ChatGPT in developing teaching materials, including developing needs analysis instruments, searching for teaching material materials, and searching for teaching material designs with the help of ChatGPT. The use of ChatGPT in developing teaching materials is very helpful and easy, providing time and energy efficiency as well as extensive information for prospective teacher students. However, the use of ChatGPT in developing teaching materials also has disadvantages, including not always being able to understand more specific learning contexts, resulting in errors in understanding or being irrelevant. Another thing that is felt is the limitations of the images displayed by ChatGPT. The motivation of prospective teacher students in developing teaching materials using ChatGPT was obtained by 13 people who had medium and high motivation, while 2 people had low motivation.