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Why it is worth making an effort with GenAI
Yvonne Rogers
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00852 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.00852

Why it is worth making an effort with GenAI
Students routinely use ChatGPT and the like now to help them with their homework, such as writing an essay. It takes less effort to complete and is easier to do than by hand. It can even produce as good if not better output than the student's own work. However, there is a growing concern that over-reliance on using GenAI in this way will stifle the development of learning writing and critical thinking skills. How might this trend be reversed? What if students were required to make more effort w…