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Teachers Say AI Can Help Students Study Smarter

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3 days ago

December 10, 2025

This year, more teachers are talking about using AI to help students learn. AI means “artificial intelligence.” It’s a kind of computer tool that can answer questions, explain lessons, and give study ideas. AI was only a novelty in 2020, but its development over the course of the past half decade left teachers extremely skeptical. However, nowadays, teachers have embraced students using AI to “cheat”, and instead encourage it to help them complete assignments.

A teacher known to encourage students to use AI is Ms.Bowen, an Economics and U.S. government teacher. She believes that using AI to find sources is a great way to use it as a tool, but she always encourages students to fact check AI, as a large language model is not always correct.

Students are starting to use AI to check their essays, study for tests, and get examples for math problems. Some apps can even quiz you on what you just learned. These are extremely helpful tools that AI serve good functions for, rather than instantaneously answering questions that aren’t actually benefiting the students education.

Teachers say AI can make studying more fun. It can turn lessons into games or help students make flashcards. But they also remind everyone to think for themselves and not copy what AI says word-for-word. There are many faults with AI. Plagiarism is very common, as AI tends to recite what is fed into its language model. Furthermore, it isn’t always correct. AI has a tendency to always correct whatever its doing to the users wishes. This means if you’re looking for a specific answer, the AI will give you that answer, even if it isn’t true.

Using AI can save time and help students feel more confident. When used safely and honestly, it’s another tool for learning just like books, notes, and computers. Its continuous advancement leaves a lot of skeptics. However, teachers are starting to see that AI can be used as a tool for learning, which can free up important time they need to actually give in depth human analysis for their class.