Artificial intelligence is increasingly being embedded into many tools that students and teachers use daily, and experts say it鈥檚 important for 糖心动漫vlog to understand and engage with the technology so they can use it responsibly in their work and model appropriate use for students.
Nearly 7 in 10 math teachers surveyed by the EdWeek Research Center said they have not yet received professional development on using AI to teach that subject. Of those, a little more than a third said they don鈥檛 want to receive such training.
The most cited reason? They don鈥檛 think AI should be used to teach math to students, according to a nationally representative survey of 411 math teachers conducted in February.
鈥淎I takes the thinking away from students and they think it is the answer to everything,鈥� a math teacher in Wisconsin said in an open-ended response to the survey. 鈥淭here should be LESS automation and MORE thinking.鈥�
Similarly, found that math and elementary teachers are less likely to say they use AI tools or products for instructional planning or teaching than English/language arts, science, and secondary teachers.
Math teachers鈥� reluctance to try this emerging technology is not surprising, said Gail Burrill, a mathematics specialist in the math education program at Michigan State University and a former president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Computer-assisted algebra and other algorithmic math tools have been around for a long time, but teachers 鈥渉ave been struggling with鈥� how to integrate those technologies into the classroom, Burrill said.
One reason that some math teachers aren鈥檛 excited about AI is that teaching math often relies on drilling students on questions on worksheets, said Pat Yongpradit, chief academic officer of Code.org and the lead for the TeachAI initiative. With that model, students can easily use AI to answer questions, he said.
Another reason, Yongpradit said, is that current generative AI models still make a lot of mistakes with math, making teachers distrust the technology.
鈥淓ven when AI does get it right, it often fails to explain the steps it used to get the right answer,鈥� he said. 鈥淭his is a double whammy for the effectiveness of using AI in math instruction鈥攎ath is not just about the right answer, it鈥檚 also about the process.鈥�
One way to get buy-in from math teachers is to cast AI in a different light and show powerful use cases that make learning better, Yongpradit said.
Below is a chart with the other reasons why math teachers say they don鈥檛 want professional development on AI:
