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Teens and AI: Who’s Doing the Thinking?
Teens and AI can produce a finished assignment, but what happened to the thinking along the way? Michelle Sengara offers a framework for distinguishing useful help from cognitive outsourcing. The question starts with how a teenager uses the tool, rather than whether the tool is available.
Convenience has an example at home: adults take shortcuts too. Asking a teen to work through a problem means considering the habits being modelled around them. Where does getting assistance leave room for learning, and where does it take over?
Play adds another layer. Creating something on a screen and…
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