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Description
All instructors--but particularly instructors who must teach students specific disciplinary ways of reading and writing--face a difficult position with AI. Students will need to use AI in collegiate and professional writing, but using AI for assignments can hinder critical thinking skills crucial to analyzing and correcting AI output. This presentation demonstrates three practices from our developmental English classrooms: a critical reading and writing summary assignment, AI-resistant rubrics, and an exercise to help students evaluate AI-generated suggestions on how to review their work. These activities are designed to help students develop crucial AI-literacy skills to help them succeed in an increasingly AI-integrated world.
Publication Date
2025
City
El Paso, TX
Keywords
AI, AI Resistant Rubrics, AI Summaries, Reading and Writing with AI, Integrated Reading and Writing, College Writing, RWS
Disciplines
Adult and Continuing Education | Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching | Educational Methods | Higher Education and Teaching | Language and Literacy Education | Other English Language and Literature | Other Rhetoric and Composition | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Recommended Citation
Durham, Emily A. and Berta, Andrea A., "Threading the Needle: Teaching Critical Reading and Writing in the Age of AI" (2025). Humanities. 11.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/humanities_tools/11
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Adult and Continuing Education Commons, Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Higher Education and Teaching Commons, Language and Literacy Education Commons, Other English Language and Literature Commons, Other Rhetoric and Composition Commons, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Commons