#AI made students faster.
#AI
made their homework better.
Then came the exam.
Students using AI completed homework roughly 20 minutes faster and scored 20+ points higher on their assignments.
But when they had to perform without AI, their exam scores were roughly 15 points lower.
That is the uncomfortable part of the AI in education debate.
AI can improve the output while weakening the learning.
26,811 students. Ages 12 to 18.
The real question is no longer whether students should use AI.
It is this:
How do we make AI a tool for learning, rather than a substitute for thinking?
#AI
made their homework better.
Then came the exam.
Students using AI completed homework roughly 20 minutes faster and scored 20+ points higher on their assignments.
But when they had to perform without AI, their exam scores were roughly 15 points lower.
That is the uncomfortable part of the AI in education debate.
AI can improve the output while weakening the learning.
26,811 students. Ages 12 to 18.
The real question is no longer whether students should use AI.
It is this:
How do we make AI a tool for learning, rather than a substitute for thinking?