Anonymous wrote:My kids take exams with pencil and paper at their Catholic high school. They wrote essays in class. AP uses blue book so you can’t use AI. Standardized digital ACT/SAT make it so AI can’t be used- screen locks.

Anonymous wrote:Whether it be middle, high school or college.

From AI study tools to using ChatGPT for essays.

Study found that AI-generated exam answers scored higher on average than those of real students and were rarely flagged by human markers.

So is the human voice being undetected and are teachers/professors being fooled?

Anonymous wrote:OP asks whether AI is making a high GPA less impressive. In my experience, the performance of today's college students as a population is so far off the mark that AI is in some ways the least of the problems. The biggest issue is the ability to read and distill information. They genuinely don't know how to do that, and they also report not doing it in high school. Reading that is assigned for homework is simply ignored, and written assignments are often ignored, too, especially if there is not a discernible straight line between class and some kind of tangible benefit (like an internship or athletic eligibility). My students are still really lovely people, and polite and respectful, too. They are just consciously opting out of much of the learning that college provides. Grades are not a motivator, and explanations about the usefulness of certain kinds of material or certain ways of learning or thinking have only limited effect.

So a high GPA means very little to me now when I am trying to think through the achievements of an undergraduate. I have to look at the list of courses a student has taken, and even at the people they have studied with, to know whether I should even be interested. Often what is more impressive is what kinds of truly independent experiences they have undertaken. Did they manage to study abroad at a program not run by our own university? Do they know a language we don't teach? Did they land an internship at a place we don't have strong connections? Did they get a summer job in a city outside our region and away from their home? Do they participate in a volunteer or service activity that is removed from our orbit? Do they maintain a high-level skill or interest that they cultivate outside of or away from school? Do they dedicate time and energy to a demanding job - or even the needs of a family? Things like this suggest capacity for independent thought, high executive functioning, resilience, creativity, and even courage. Those are the students I tend to believe in most, not just those who earned decent grades in return for taking exactly what was required and doing little else of meaning.

Anonymous wrote:How does notebook work in high school bio classes?

Anonymous wrote:Another reason top universities like private schools and will preferentially admit even more in years to come. The GPAs can be trusted. our DC private Big3 uses long hand blue books for humanities classes and in-class essays.

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Anonymous wrote:Whether it be middle, high school or college.

From AI study tools to using ChatGPT for essays.

Study found that AI-generated exam answers scored higher on average than those of real students and were rarely flagged by human markers.

So is the human voice being undetected and are teachers/professors being fooled?

There is a huge difference between using AI study tools and having AI do your homework for you. My kid uses Notebook LM for a science class where the teacher doesn’t teach and he needs to learn the content. That is far different from cheating by looking up answers or having ChatGPT write assignments.

AI can be used to support deeper understanding of materials or can be used in a way that takes away deep understanding of materials. These should not be lumped together.

Anonymous wrote:Grade inflation is making a high GPA less impressive.

Anonymous wrote:Whether it be middle, high school or college.

From AI study tools to using ChatGPT for essays.

Study found that AI-generated exam answers scored higher on average than those of real students and were rarely flagged by human markers.

So is the human voice being undetected and are teachers/professors being fooled?

Anonymous wrote:It will definitely make a low GPA or mid GPA even less impressive as 20% of the students getting straight As in high school, and 40% of the class getting A range grades in certain ivies.