Motivation
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) requires educators to rethink pedagogical and assessment practices. In Tennessee, most school systems block student access to AI tools citing that they encourage students to plagiarize, affect creativity and problem solving, which undermines the goals of formal education.
AI Challenges
Mitigating these challenges and concerns requires training in the effective and responsible use of AI both inside and outside the classroom. Given that instructional time and pedagogy are limited due to rigid standards and testing focus, formal classroom settings are not feasible for teaching AI.
Youth & AI
This project explores, characterizes, and compares how students in grades 7-12 use GenAI (Microsoft’s Copilot).
AI Literacy
The findings will inform the development of an empirically-driven AI literacy framework for educating students in grades 7-12 on using GenAI effectively and responsibly.
