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Easy to find, not always true: Helping students evaluate AI-generated content

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A deep search tool might include academic preprints from 2024, but not peer-reviewed journal articles published yesterday. Ethical AI use and academic integrity Generative AI tools introduce powerful possibilities including significant reductions, as well as a new frontier of plagiarism and uncritical thinking.

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How to combat misuse of AI in student writing

eSchool News

Examples include small-group brainstorming and “Mini Socratics” (small-group Socratic Seminars), gamification methods giving students points for each component they’ve completed in an assignment, small-group peer reviews where students reflect on each other’s ideas instead of correcting errors, and more.

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Reliable Turnitin alternatives for K12

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Turnitin has long been the go-to resource for uncovering plagiarism in student work, but there are reasons why that may not be a good choice for you or your students. Since the COVID-19 pandemic has made the workload even heavier, many instructors have felt how awful it is to use an unreliable plagiarism checker.

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

Faculty Focus

Teaching example: In one of my recent courses, I included a “workshop day” for students to peer review each other’s drafts of case conceptualizations. Rethinking Plagiarism in the Era of Generative AI. Instead, these tools should guide and empower students. Corwin Press. Nilson, L.

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Investors Write $3.2 Million Check for Writing Startup That’s All About Peer Feedback

Edsurge

Students can do a self-reflection upon finishing the draft, and also engage in anonymous peer-reviews of each other’s work. The system guides pupils through how to offer constructive feedback to their peers. Teachers can select how the feedback process will unfold.

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

Faculty Focus

Teaching example: In one of my recent courses, I included a “workshop day” for students to peer review each other’s drafts of case conceptualizations. Rethinking Plagiarism in the Era of Generative AI. Instead, these tools should guide and empower students. Corwin Press. Nilson, L.

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What Research Says About Driving Growth for Writers With Practice, Feedback and Revision

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Most digital writing tools offer limited assistance: they check for plagiarism, allow a student to track changes, or offer the ability to add comments. Assessing one’s own writing and providing feedback to peers both help to move students forward as writers. Students, in most classroom contexts, are not accustomed to being evaluators.

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