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Title: 'I Prefer My Own Writing': Engaging First-Year Writers' Agency with Generative AI
Language: English
Authors: Katt Blackwell-Starnes
Source: Thresholds in Education. 2025 48(1):25-39.
Availability: Academy for Educational Studies. 2419 Berkeley Street, Springfield, MO 65804. Tel: 417-299-1560; e-mail: cqieeditors@gmail.com; Web site: http://academyforeducationalstudies.org
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Page Count: 15
Publication Date: 2025
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Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Man Machine Systems, Natural Language Processing, Writing Instruction, Freshman Composition, College Freshmen, Technology Uses in Education, Ethics, Writing Processes, Writing Improvement, Student Attitudes
ISSN: 0196-9641
2381-5485
Abstract: This paper examines the use of ChatGPT as an educational tool to teach writing and revision in a first-semester writing course in Fall 2023 at a regional university. The course used ChatGPT as a classroom model to show students how to ethically use generative AI as part of their writing and revision process. One-on-one conferences about student writing showed marked improvement to students engaging their writer agency when discussing their own writing and in-class activities showed students aware of best practices for using generative AI as part of their writing process.
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