Teachers are worried about students cheating with AI, but my survey suggests the deeper issue is learning

As schools consider AI guidelines, educators are also thinking about how they can adjust their assignments to accurately measure what students are actually learning.

By: Brett DeJager, University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: July 10, 2026

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Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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By Brett DeJager, University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic

The risk of students using AI to cheat tends to get a lot of attention – with good reason.

A student can simply copy and paste a prompt into a chatbot and receive a polished paragraph, a five-paragraph essay, a lab summary or a reading response almost instantly. Teachers may then be left wondering whether the work reflects the student’s thinking and actual work or what …

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