Table 1 Sample coding of student responses.
Excerpt | Code(s) | Category |
|---|---|---|
At various points within this assignment I used ChatGPT to help me formulate more specific ideas and examples, correct grammar, and choose better language. | Generating ideas Finding evidence or examples Revising | Higher Order Higher Order Lower Order |
Prompt used: “Is the grammar correct?” Not, “Fix the grammar.” I noticed when I ask the AI to fix the grammar it uses new words that are not originally my words, but when I ask if it is correct it gives me slight revisions of my words. | Prompt Revising Independent Writing | Lower Order Independence |
IDEAS, CONCEPTS, AND SOURCES remain original. AI used to paraphrase my ideas in an academic fashion. AI generated sentences mixed along with original sentences. | Independent Ideas Paraphrasing Academic Writing Mixture | Independence Lower Order Higher Order |
I used this assignment to double-check if the relationships or casual chains were correct. For example, one prompt I gave was “ Is education positively coupled with industrialization?”. If the AI indicated that it was correct, then I would look up credible sources related to the relationships to ensure that this relationship is accurate. | Other Prompt Checking Ideas Skeptical Checking AI | Other Skeptical |
