Specific assessment strategies that emphasize critical
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Specific assessment strategies that emphasize critical thinking, creativity, and originality in AI-integrated environments are recommended but not detailed or validated.
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Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps
- Understanding university teachers’ continuance of an AI teaching assistant: an integrated TTF–TAM–ECM model in higher education (2026) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi
Professional development should extend beyond technical skills to include reflective skills in AI integration, critical evaluation of AI outputs, and affective dimensions of AI adoption.
application gapfuture workevidence 5/5Keywords: skills professional development extend beyond technical include reflective integration critical evaluation outputs affective dimensions adoption - AI literacy and Ethical use: Developing and validating a Framework for Pre-service and In-service Teachers in Technology-Integrated Classrooms (2026) · Open Access Research Journal of Science and Technology · doi
Research is needed to examine the sustainability of professional development effects and identify factors that promote or hinder sustained implementation of AI literacy practices.
application gapfuture workevidence 5/5Keywords: needed examine sustainability professional development effects identify factors promote hinder sustained implementation literacy practices - The Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Implementation on Students’ Mindset in The Era of The Fourth Industrial Revolution (2026) · Cerdika: Jurnal Ilmiah Indonesia · doi
Specific assessment strategies that emphasize critical thinking, creativity, and originality in AI-integrated environments are recommended but not detailed or validated.
application gapinline gapsevidence 5/5Keywords: specific assessment strategies emphasize critical thinking creativity originality integrated environments recommended detailed validated - Teachers’ perceptions of artificial intelligence in curriculum integration: opportunities, concerns, and professional development needs (2026) · Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence · doi
While teachers emphasized the need for structured professional development to build AI literacy and prevent over-reliance and dependency, no empirical data exist comparing different professional development models (institutional training versus self-directed learning formats) for their effectiveness in translating positive perceptions into classroom practices.
application gapopen questionsevidence 5/5Keywords: professional development AI literacy pedagogical capacity institutional training self-directed learning
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