Research about losing problem solving skills: A discussion

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Hi Rebecca, I've been working on this ACTIVE AI approach in an effort to ensure pupils don't become passive observers.

Great Daren! I had a look at this, really interesting. The idea of keeping AI use active instead of passive really resonates. It’s so easy to just accept what it gives you, and that’s where things start to shift in the wrong way. I like the direction you’re taking with this. It keeps the focus where it should be.

HI Rebecca,Thanks so much for asking this question and starting this discussion. Like anything else, if we let AI do all of the work for us, then we will invariable become less sharp because less practice does dampen one's skills. But that is where I think your first pint it really critical. AI is meant to enhance and not replace, and if we think critically about the way in which we engage...

I really like how you’ve framed this. The idea of it being a culture and design issue more than a tool issue really resonates. That’s where I see it too. What you said about bypassing struggle is key. That’s the part that worries me the most. Not the tool itself, but how easily it can remove the thinking if we’re not careful. And I agree, it’s not a doomsday scenario. But it does force us to...

I agree with you Rebecca.As has been mentioned below, it's on us as to how AI will impact our critical thinking abilities.I think we will see both things happening. I think we will see people using AI intentionally, as a partner to enhance their work, and it will genuinely elevate the quality of what they do.I equally think we will see people using it to try and replace work that is...

I came to this discussion late and having read what all of you have said I don't have anything new to add. I believe you all (or y'all as we said when I lived in Texas) have covered this topic really well. I wish I could get you all together for a group hug :>)I would like to take some quotes from you to include in the book I am writing, which will be published in late spring. I will be...

MichaelThis statement reflects my thinking "That is why I tend to resist both extremes. I do not think AI is some magical fix for education, but I also do not think it is the end of humanity. We have seen this pattern before with other technologies. People worried television would rot our brains, that calculators would destroy mathematics, and that the internet would stop people from...

Yes, it is more of a culture issue than a tool issue; we need to make the learning intentional.

Hi I suppose it was similar when we first had spell check or we first used the Internet - I think it's all down to how we use the technology.If we just ask the AI to do all the work eg: '2000 word assignment on Piagets Theory of Childhood Studies' and copy and pasting that as the student was socialising all weekend then its bad for learning but if its used properly (eg: asking the AI to...

AI is not the problem in itself. The real issue is the kind of culture we build around it. If AI is used to bypass struggle, avoid thinking, or produce work that students do not actually comprehend, then, of course, it can weaken learning. If it is used as a tool to extend thinking, prompt reflection, lower unnecessary barriers, and create more space for curiosity and sense-making, then it can...