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In my W101, I am using AI-generated writing to teach students two things: (1) the pitfalls of submitting unrefined AI output in their assignments and (2) how to evaluate and revise writing. For example, I developed this group activity to help students learn how to identify unsupported claims.
When prompted to write a college-level essay, AI tends to generate a lot of unsupported claims. I put students into groups and give them a couple of AI-generated paragraphs to work with. They identify the unsupported claims, then they choose two claims to support by locating evidence in the text. We then workshop their findings. My hope is that this activity will help them identify unsupported claims in their own writing as well as AI-generated writing.