Faculty observed that students engage shallowly with AI-generated content without structure, concluding productive use must be modeled¶

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q1 i? Working through AI-integrated homework tasks raised a shared concern that without structure students tend toward shallow prompting and shallow modification of AI-generated output. → Perl-Nussbaum 2026

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Perl-Nussbaum 2026¶

Perl-Nussbaum, D., & Finkelstein, N. D. (2026). A Workshop Series for Effective Use of AI in Uncertain Times: Building a Physics Faculty Learning Community. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.23887 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2609.23887

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Observation surfaced in Session 4, where faculty worked through four faculty-sourced AI-integrated homework tasks (explanation generation, Python code, diagrams, simulations) and reviewed student solutions to identify prompting strategies. The group concluded productive use "has to be modeled rather than assuming students' expertise in AI use."

"students do not necessarily engage deeply with AI-generated content, and without structure they tend to shallow prompting and shallow modifications of AI generated output"

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