An Experimental Study on the Effectiveness of MatGPT in Teaching Mathematics at the Secondary Level

Abstract

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based instructional tools has become increasingly important in high schools because of their ability to facilitate personalized learning and increase student academic success (Holmes et al., 2019). Secondary students experience many challenges while learning mathematics including the need to learn abstract concepts, the diversity of learners’ abilities to learn, and the limited opportunity to receive personalized feedback (Ashcraft & Kirk, 2001; NCERT, 2023). MatGPT, an AI-based mathematics learning tool, provides step-by-step explanations of problems, allows students to work through problems adaptively, and offers immediate feedback to students for their work, which can contribute positively to the achievement of students’ learning outcomes (El-Shara et al., 2025). The current experimental study seeks to determine the effectiveness of the use of MatGPT as an instructional tool for high school students learning mathematics in various contexts throughout India and internationally. The study used a pre-test and a post-test control group design to evaluate the performance of 60 secondary students. T-tests reveal that there was statistically
significant evidence between the achievement of the two groups, with the MatGPT assisted group having a statistically significant greater level of achievement than the control group. Based on the results of the study, MatGPT significantly contributes to improved mathematical achievement, conceptual understanding, and problem solving ability of students.