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Should Chatbots Tutor? Dissecting That Viral AI Demo With Sal Khan and His Son

ED Surge

Should AI chatbots be used as tutors? That question has been in the air since ChatGPT was released in late 2022, and since then many developers have experimented with using the latest generative AI technology as a tutor. The book is called “ Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing). ”

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FAQ: The Station Rotation Model

Catlin Tucker

In the early stages of designing my station rotation lessons, I was frustrated by the lesson planning process because I found every station built on the station before. I found it helpful to identify the learning objectives for a lesson and write out a traditional linear agenda since that was familiar.

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Researchers combat AI hallucinations in math

The Hechinger Report

I also worry about teachers using ChatGPT and other generative AI models to write quizzes or lesson plans. The big question, of course, is whether these ChatGPT’s solutions help students learn math better than traditional teaching. It’s riskier when you’re asking students to learn directly from AI.

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The science of catching up

The Hechinger Report

Research points to intensive daily tutoring as one of the most effective ways to help academically struggling children catch up. Education researchers have a particular kind of tutoring in mind, what they call “high-dosage” tutoring. The best results occur when tutoring takes place at school during the regular day.

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Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down.

The Hechinger Report

I really don’t think that they’re growing,” said Brown, who’s also president of the National Tutoring Association. “I Teaching experts say that will mean slowing down to fill in knowledge gaps —detouring from lesson plans, adding extra periods for tutoring, and more. I think this is a lost school year for most kids.”.

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PROOF POINTS: Could more time in school help students after the pandemic?

The Hechinger Report

Devoting the extra time to a daily dose of tutoring seems most promising. But tutoring can work equally well even when the school day isn’t lengthened. What is clear is that using the extra time for just more hours or more days of traditional instruction doesn’t appear to achieve much. What you do with the time matters.

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PROOF POINTS: Many high school math teachers cobble together their own instructional materials from the internet and elsewhere, a survey finds

The Hechinger Report

Writing lesson plans has traditionally been a big part of a teacher’s job. Ideally, teachers are supposed to base their lessons on the textbooks, worksheets and digital materials that school leaders have spent a lot of time reviewing and selecting. But this doesn’t mean they should be starting from a blank slate.