Generative AI is an arrival technology that entered classrooms before any pedagogical evidence base could form¶
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q1 i? Unlike prior IE innovations, generative AI spread through widespread spontaneous student and teacher use before institutions could respond or evidence could accumulate. → Perl-Nussbaum 2026
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Perl-Nussbaum 2026¶
Perl-Nussbaum, D., & Finkelstein, N. D. (2026). A framework for institutional change in the age of AI. International Journal of STEM Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-026-00649-4
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Theoretical argument, drawing on Reich and Dukes (2025), that AI inverted the adoption-technology sequence in which research and development precede scaling. The article offers this as an argued characterization, not a tested result: "widespread and spontaneous student and teacher use" preceded institutional response.
"AI enters our classrooms not through deliberate adoption of evidence-based tools but through widespread and spontaneous student and teacher use"
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Generative AI is an arrival technology that entered classrooms before any pedagogical evidence base could form |
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Generative AI is an arrival technology that entered classrooms before any pedagogical evidence base could form |
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