# Better answers, broader thinking: What students gain from ChatGPT and critical-thinking training

DevFeed: [Better answers, broader thinking: What students gain from ChatGPT and critical-thinking training](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/better-answers-broader-thinking-what-students-gain-from-chatgpt-and-critical-thinking-training-6718.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/what-students-gain-from-chatgpt-critical-thinking-training>)

Published: 2026-08-27T09:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [ChatGPT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chatgpt.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analysis.md>), [business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business.md>), [chatgpt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chatgpt.md>), [company](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/company.md>), [experiment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experiment.md>), [generate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generate.md>), [gpt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpt.md>), [marketing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/marketing.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [reasoning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reasoning.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [training](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/training.md>)

## AI overview

Un randomized experiment with more than 1,000 first-year undergraduate students found that ChatGPT access improved the quality, coherence, logic, and professionalism of work on a real-world business assignment. Separate causal-reasoning training increased the originality and variety of ideas, and students receiving both interventions showed both benefits.

## Source excerpt

A randomized study of more than 1,000 students examines ChatGPT, critical thinking, originality, and student performance on a real-world university assignment.