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A high schooler writes about AI tools in the classroom

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222 points dougb5 | 1 comments | 04 Sep 25 02:37 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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djoldman ◴[04 Sep 25 21:36 UTC] No.45132499[source]▶
Unfortunately, this kind of story will continue to be a popular one in newspapers and magazines, garnering lots of clicks. It feeds into the "everything is different now" sort of desperate helplessness people seem primed to adopt with respect to AI sometimes.

Obviously the answer to testing and grading is to do it in the classroom. If a computer is required, it can't connect to the internet.

Caught with a cellphone, you fail the test. Caught twice you fail the class.

The non-story beatings will continue until morale and common sense improve.

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AppleBananaPie ◴[04 Sep 25 23:57 UTC] No.45133599[source]▶
I'm surprised the answer of doing all exercises (including essay writing) in class is apparently not obvious.

High school me was a moron and should not be trusted to do the real work and people who know better should force him to practice the skills lol

Once he's grown and has a job he will one day realize and be thankful for the teachers that forced him to do the work.

Obviously not true for all students but I don't think it harms anyone inverting it but please point out if I'm wrong!

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SoftTalker ◴[05 Sep 25 03:02 UTC] No.45134613[source]▶
Some assignments are bigger than can be done in one class period. And class time is for lecture; there isn't a lot of time for students to work problems on their own.

So we're just dealing with what (some) students have always done: get someone else to write the report or do the math homework. Or have parents pay a tutor to help. Or use Cliff's Notes instead of reading the book. But now it's trivially easy and free. There are no obstacles to cheating other than knowing it's wrong and self-defeating, and those are things that young people don't really have a well-developed sense about.

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skybrian ◴[05 Sep 25 03:36 UTC] No.45134775{3}[source]▶
Some people promote a “flipped classroom” where you’re supposed to watch video lectures on your own and classroom time is used to discuss them.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipped_classroom

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1. kmote00 ◴[05 Sep 25 03:45 UTC] No.45134807{4}[source]▶
That's funny that I just had that idea around the same time that you must have been typing your answer. (See my adjacent answer). Actually thought it was probably a crazy idea and would get quickly downvoted. Quite surprised that there's already a Wikipedia article about it. Cool.