Guide student teachers' AI prompts with a shared three-element structure (context, challenge, requested support) while leaving wording individual¶

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Description¶

The intervention standardized the type of information exchanged with the AI without a scripted template: 'participants were guided to include three elements in their prompts, a brief description of the classroom context, the specific instructional challenge or lesson content involved, and the type of support requested'. Within this shared structure participants formulated prompts in their own words, keeping interactions authentic and responsive to each teaching context while Gemini generated pedagogical suggestions such as alternative lesson structures and classroom management strategies.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Participants need guidance on prompt structure at orientation or during mentoring

Constraints¶

• The article describes this as the approach used in this intervention; it does not report a comparison against unstructured prompting

Target Learners¶

• EFL pre-service teachers

Target Learning Goals¶

• lesson planning
• classroom management strategies
• communicative teaching of grammar and vocabulary

Affordances¶

• Ai Supported E Mentoring Model Ismael 2026

Related Strategies¶

• SEL Questioning
• Help Seeking

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Ismael I, Luo X and Li S (2026). An AI-supported E-mentoring model to develop EFL pre-service teachers' self-efficacy and emotional intelligence. Front. Psychol. 17:1853510. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1853510