The AI generation gap: Are Gen Z students more interested in adopting generative AI such as ChatGPT in teaching and learning than their Gen X and millennial generation teachers?

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Table 4 Frequencies and t-test comparisons of “Not Sure” responses

Item	Students		Teachers		MD	t	(df)	p
Item	n	% “Not sure”	n	% “Not sure”	MD	t	(df)	p
Perceptions
Item 2^a	399	4.01	184	13.04	−09	−3.38	242	< .001*
Item 3	399	1.50	184	1.09	.00	.40	581	.688
Item 4^a	399	3.01	184	7.07	−.04	−1.95	260	.052
Item 5^a	398	4.77	184	12.50	−.08	−2.90	256	.004*
Item 6	396	4.80	184	6.52	−.02	−.86	578	.391
Item 7^a	395	2.28	184	7.07	−.05	−2.35	242	.020*
Item 8^a	397	4.53	184	8.70	−.04	−1.79	279	.175
Item 9^a	394	4.31	184	13.59	−.09	−3.39	245	< .001*
Item 10^a	397	6.30	184	9.78	−.03	−1.39	300	.166
Knowledge
Item 11^a	398	1.76	184	8.70	−.07	−3.18	221	.002*
Item 12	398	4.02	184	5.43	−.01	−.77	580	.443
Item 13^a	396	2.78	184	5.43	−.03	−1.42	275	.156
Item 14^a	398	4.52	184	9.24	−.05	−1.98	279	.049*
Item 15^a	397	4.03	184	11.96	−.08	−3.06	247	.002*
Item 16^a	396	4.04	184	11.41	−.07	−2.89	250	.004*
Item 17^a	398	9.30	184	17.93	−.09	−2.71	283	.007*
Item 18^a	398	2.26	184	5.98	−.04	−1.95	252	.052
Concerns
Item 19	396	4.02	184	3.80	.00	.12	580	.901
Item 20^a	397	3.53	184	5.43	−.02	−1.00	299	.320
Item 21^a	396	5.05	184	8.70	−.04	−1.55	289	.123
Item 22	396	7.07	184	5.43	.02	.74	578	.460

^*Significant difference p < .05
^a: Levene’s test for the Student’s t-test was significant (p < .05), the adjusted Welch’s t is thus reported for this item