Month: April 2025

EngageAI: Putting the Story Back in STEM Learning

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An image of a student explaining a concept to her classmate during a precalculus class.

Author: Jeremy Roschelle Generative AI is a story machine. Yes, Generative AI can make a lesson plan, help a student with math homework, or support a student as they develop an essay. But we believe there are other, more ambitious and impactful uses for STEM learning. In particular, we focus on using generative AI to … Read more

Testing the Bot: Building Ethical & Effective AI Agents for Learning

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An image of five students in a 3-D printing club plan their next project.

Authors: Megan Humburg & Joshua Danish Key Ideas Our team has been developing AI-supported conversational agents that help students learn to write persuasive arguments in science, drawing on observations and evidence that they learn in our game-based environments. These agents need to assess students’ writing, evaluate how convincing and detailed the argument is, and offer … Read more