The focus of teacher-student interactions differed by AI positioning: learning for partners, score-increasing for assistants, completion for substitutes¶
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q2 i? Interaction topics varied by positioning: writing and learning for teaching partners, the score and increasing it for grading assistants, and completion and compliance for substitutes. → Hillary Greene Nolan 2024
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Hillary Greene Nolan 2024¶
Hillary Greene Nolan, Ph.D, Merijke Coenraad, Ph.D, Viki Young, Ph.D. (2024). Teaching Partner, Grading Assistant, Substitute Teacher: Three Ways Teachers Positioned an Artificial Intelligence Tool in Writing Instruction. Digital Promise, Center for Inclusive Innovation. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/4f2d86a3-9b66-4538-a5ad-977bb8fbacf7 doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/226
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Interview-based finding on teacher-student interaction topics during AI use. An assistant teacher's example shows score focus: students revised up to "47 times" chasing a 4 after the teacher offered extra credit for reaching it.
"the focus of interactions with teachers who positioned AI as a teaching partner was writing and learning, the focus for teachers who viewed AI as grading assistants was the score and increasing it, and the focus among those with the substitute approach was completion and compliance."
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Related Claims¶
- Trust in AI varied by positioning: partners saw bias and assigned their own grades, while substitutes trusted AI scores as actual grades — related
- Partner-positioned teachers built students' AI literacy, while assistant and substitute teachers' transparency centered on gaming scores — related
- Among 24 Topeka teachers, half positioned the AI as a teaching partner, 29% as a grading assistant, and 21% as a substitute teacher — related
- Teachers at convenings said the three AI approaches are fluid rather than static, with movement across approaches as experience grows — related
- Teachers who positioned AI as a partner remained instructional leaders, weaving the tool into rich instruction and using score data to decide what to re-teach — related
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The focus of teacher-student interactions differed by AI positioning: learning for partners, score-increasing for assistants, completion for substitutes |
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The focus of teacher-student interactions differed by AI positioning: learning for partners, score-increasing for assistants, completion for substitutes |
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