Procedure

1. Prompt a chatbot to write a passage. In your prompt, include information about the relevant content knowledge, style, tone, length, and reading level of your students. For example: Create a [type of passage] for [grade level] students in a [subject] class learning about [specific topics]. The [type of passage] should be approximately [length of passage] and include [other relevant details]. This [type of passage] should be [style] and [tone] and help students understand [concept].

2. Provide students with a copy of the passage and an evaluation prompt or rubric. If needed, use a different prompt with the students than with the chatbot. For example, you might prompt the chatbot to generate a formal letter, but ask students to evaluate the letter based on criteria for an informal letter.

3. Give students time to read, analyze, and evaluate the text based on the criteria needed to assess learning.

4. (Optional) Ask students to provide written or verbal feedback as though the chatbot is a peer who wrote the text.

Example use cases:

1. In a science class, use this strategy to write a research paper, then have students evaluate the accuracy and relevance of the text.

2. In a social studies class, use this strategy to write an argumentative paper in favor of or against a position. Provide students with a rubric to evaluate the text, then have students write their own argumentative paper that will be graded using the same rubric. Alternatively, have students write a response to the bot’s argument.

3. In a math class, use this strategy to create scenarios and/or math problems, then have students match the problem to the scenario.