How Is CHatGPT Changing the Way Students Write? An AI-Enabled Investigation

• In Event: Thursday Roundtable Session 4:20 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Exploring Digital Tools for Writing (Table 22)

Abstract

We are in a paradoxical and unsettling moment at the intersection of writing and technology. On one hand, literacy and English Language Arts educators are learning to cultivate students’ pluralistic literacy discourses and celebrate the various ways that students can demonstrate linguistic proficiency (Baker-Bell, 2019; Lyiscott, 2021). On the other, AI-enabled writing technologies threaten to devalue non-standardized compositions and student voices. In this roundtable session, we explore the tensions and opportunities afforded by this paradox. We use AI-based analytic tools to see how students take up ChatGPT feedback in their writing, to compare student writing composed with and without ChatGPT, and finally, to explore the degree to interaction with ChatGPT moderates/mediates/changes/ students’ unique voices and styles.

Authors

• Sarah W. Beck, New York University

• Sarah Levine, Stanford University

• Christopher Mah, Stanford University

• Jaylen Pittman, Stanford University

• Lena Phalen, Stanford University