This assignment, by Kevin Yee, Kirby Whittington, Erin Doggette, and Laurie Uttich, is from the book ChatGPT Assignments to Use in Your Classroom Today. It is one of a series of connected activities on prompt engineering.
The summary from the site explains:
Create an assignment where students see the value in restarting chat.
Key Features of This Assignment
- Understanding Context Retention
- The assignment helps students understand how ChatGPT retains context from previous prompts, allowing them to see the impact of continuous conversation on AI responses and the importance of context in obtaining accurate outputs.
- Experience with New Chat Functionality
- By requiring students to start a new chat for unrelated questions, the assignment demonstrates the value of resetting the chat history to obtain unbiased and “pure” responses, teaching them to manage context effectively in AI interactions.
- Comparative Analysis
- Students engage in comparative analysis by posting responses from continuous and reset chats, allowing them to identify and analyze differences in outputs, thereby enhancing their critical thinking and evaluation skills.
Find the full version of this resource on the University of Central Florida OER repository.