Ways to use AI in student writing
Having tried using AI tools to analyze text, Gia Bao (grade 10, Nguyen Huu Tho High School, Ho Chi Minh City) shared that the collected data was mainly a synthesis of knowledge commonly available online. For complex types of questions, when entering commands, the results were not as expected.
"AI cannot meet the requirements for questions that require students to be more creative and think critically. Therefore, instead of spending time trying to enter commands, students should filter their own ideas and use them to support their work," Gia Bao said.
Thuy Tram (grade 10, Hung Vuong High School, Ho Chi Minh City) said that the answers written by AI are often general knowledge, easy to recognize and absorb, so they can be used to supplement the lesson, but should not be abused.
"I have no intention of using AI to write essays, but if I do, I will only refer to the Vietnamese part. In my opinion, AI should only be used for reference, and when submitting to teachers, students will rely on their own thoughts and ideas, avoiding creating a habit of dependence, which affects learning outcomes," the female student shared.
Students should only use AI as a support tool.
AI recognition in student work
Mr. Trinh Van Khoat, a literature teacher at Vo Van Kiet High School in Ho Chi Minh City, shared that AI can currently create all kinds of documents but cannot yet reach the same quality and standards as humans. AI can do quite well with social and administrative argumentative documents but cannot yet do with literary argumentative documents.
Having encountered several cases of students using AI to write essays, Mr. Khoat pointed out that the analysis part of AI often has some identifying characteristics such as: sentences and expressions are relatively neat and concise, but the essay often has an unclear structure, lacking some ideas according to the requirements of the teacher in class; the writing style lacks emotion; uses many neutral words, clichés; does not know how to analyze but mainly makes general comments.
For cases of copying the original text of AI, Mr. Khoat asked students to redo it, and advised them to only refer to or ask AI to outline it, which would be acceptable.
According to him, it is also advisable for teachers to guide students on how to use AI to make suggestions and outline the outline for their assignments. However, students should only use AI as a support tool to help them learn effectively.
"AI is not yet developed enough to be able to analyze artistic elements in a text. Teachers only need to read the work carefully to be able to recognize the unreasonable points," he said.
An AI-made segment with the requirement to analyze the poem Autumn Fishing (Nguyen Khuyen)
Mr. Tran Vu Phi Bang, a literature teacher at Phuoc Binh Secondary School, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, said that at the beginning of the school year, there will be short writing or paragraph writing tasks for students to do in class for assessment, through which teachers can grasp the students' language ability fully and accurately.
"Once we have grasped students' abilities, their use of AI will be easily detected. Because it is impossible for language ability to change completely in a few days," said Mr. Bang.
Change to writing is not an obsession
According to Mr. Phi Bang, when teachers come to class, they need to teach with all their emotions and best abilities, helping students realize that learning literature and writing is learning to be a true person, aiming for truth, goodness, and beauty.
"Teachers need to provide specific instructions on how to do the test, avoiding stereotypes and following common models. In addition, encourage and respect students' creativity, always appreciate the lessons that students actually do and do well, do not overemphasize scores and should have many forms of testing and evaluation. When literature lessons are easy and writing is no longer a nightmare, students will not use AI," Mr. Bang shared.
According to Mr. Khoat, if you want students to be interested, you should let them write about topics that interest them. Teachers also need to respect students' creativity in the spirit of giving positive feedback and direction, not imposing ideas and forms. Turn writing for exams into a subject-based activity or project.
According to Mr. Khoat, for students in natural science classes, writing is quite difficult, or with a test in which reading comprehension accounts for 60% and writing accounts for 40%, some students will feel that they do not need to invest too much in practicing writing skills.
"Teachers need to make students understand the importance of writing skills. Writing is not just to solve problems but also to release emotions and train one's thinking," he shared.
Lecturers do not prohibit, but strictly handle violations
At university level, through a case of being deducted 50% of points for using AI to write essays, students need to clearly understand the limitations and use AI tools like ChatGPT intelligently.
With many years of teaching experience, Master Vo Tan Tai, lecturer of the General Information Technology Department at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City, said that the writing style of students and ChatGPT has big differences in terms of words and semantics, especially in theses using specialized knowledge. "Therefore, students should not abuse ChatGPT to deceive lecturers," the master said.
To limit this situation, Master Tai emphasized the role of lecturers in guiding students to clearly understand the scope and level of ChatGPT application in their studies. "After listening to the recommendations, if students still violate, they must be strictly handled, such as deducting 70% of their scores, being banned from taking the exam or being banned from studying that subject. Lecturers do not prohibit students from using AI, but need to be strict in this matter so that students can choose a smart approach to avoid unfortunate incidents," he said.
Mr. Tai also suggested that lecturers should test and evaluate students throughout the learning process, instead of focusing on midterms and finals, thereby reducing pressure on students' grades and limiting cheating in exams.
On the other hand, creating test questions that require creativity that AI cannot solve is a way. Dr. Tran Thanh Tung (Deputy Head of Information Technology Department, International University, Ho Chi Minh City National University) has applied this method for the past two years. "I prohibit students from using ChatGPT in subjects that require basic knowledge and skills. At complex levels, students can use it to support problem solving. This is similar to doing math by hand, and only when studying at a higher level can they use a calculator," Dr. Tung shared.
From the perspective of a learner, Nguyen Thanh Duy, a master's student in applied statistics at Strathclyde University (UK), proposed maintaining the traditional method of taking the test on paper and having a supervisor supervise it to limit "cheating" using ChatGPT. In addition, Gia Minh (student of information technology, Nguyen Tat Thanh University) said that his department has a way to check for plagiarism and sets a rule that if the score is more than 30% duplicated, points will be deducted, and if the score exceeds 50-60%, it will be considered a failed course.
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