Repeated negative alerts for one student prompted the teacher to revisit her and shift from explanation to inquiry, and reorganization of her engagement occurred only after this second intervention¶

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q1 i? An extended procedural explanation after a first alert did not reorganize Rusol's engagement structure, which remained stable rather than activated. → Osama Swidan 2026 q1 i? When alerts continued, the teacher returned, asked what she was looking for, and her articulation of her own motivating desire coincided with branching from a stalled configuration into renewed activation. → Osama Swidan 2026

Evidence¶

Osama Swidan 2026¶

Osama Swidan. (2026). Responding to AI-generated emotional alerts: teachers' intervention and students' engagement in the mathematics classroom. ZDM-MathematicsEducation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-026-01810-7

q1 · i? · qualitative · r3

Qualitative analysis of one episode beginning at minute 33:20 with a red-framed alert; the first intervention took control of the software and demonstrated steps, while continued alerts prompted a return and a shift from explanation to inquiry. Rusol's answer that she sought the intersection of angle bisectors revealed an intention the procedural guidance had not addressed.

"In this episode, the continuity alerts determine the in- structional move, prompting the teacher to return to the student and reconsider his initial strategy. The reorganiza- tion of engagement occurred only after this second, respon- sive intervention."

Discussion¶

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