Students perceived that GenAI-assisted writing could benefit them in three areas including the writing process, performance, and their affective domain.
AI helped with planning, drafting, and organizing content.
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Meanwhile, they also identified AI-related, student-related, and task-related challenges that were experienced during the GenAI-assisted writing activity."
Limitations in AI output. Overreliance on AI or lack of critical engagement. Some assignments were difficult to complete effectively with AI support.
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"These findings contribute to a more nuanced understanding of GenAI's impact on academic writing that is inclusive of student perspectives, offering implications for educational AI design and instructional design."
Highlights the need for AI literacy, critical thinking, and instructional support; informs educational AI design.
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The study found that students expected AI to serve multiple roles, including multi-tasking writing assistant, virtual tutor, and digital peer to support multifaceted writing processes and performance.
Students expected AI to act as a multi-tasking writing assistant, virtual tutor, and digital peer.
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with 20 Chinese students in higher education
Participants
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Therefore, this study explored and examined students' perceptions and experiences about GenAI-assisted academic writing by conducting in-depth interviews with 20 Chinese students in higher education after completing academic writing tasks using a ChatGPT4-embedded writing system developed by the research team.
Investigates students’ perceptions and experiences with Generative AI (GenAI)–assisted academic writing using a ChatGPT4-embedded writing system.
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From the sentiment analysis results, we can tell that the 47 students generally had a positive attitude toward AI/ChatGPT after they personally tried out writing with the tool, though they were also aware of the limitations of AI/ChatGPT.
Students attitude
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“The AI version included some phrases that were too wordy and generic”. A total of 28% of students (n = 13) complained about the robotic tone and the lack of emotion in the language generated by ChatGPT.
Weaknesses seen in AI.
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professional or formal word choices or expressions, eloquence of writing, correct grammar, clarity of meaning, advanced sentence structures, and smooth transition at the sentence level. Using professional or formal words and expressions is the most frequently mentioned aspect.
Strengths students saw in AI.
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With regard to the creation process, 55% of students (n = 26) reported only one round of prompting ChatGPT to generate the writing piece, while 45% (n = 21) reported more than one round of prompting and having ChatGPT generated at least two versions of writing.
How students used AI.
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students wished to improve AI-generated writing by adding personal stories, connections to posting, feelings and thoughts, and deleting repetitive language; and (5) their overall attitudes toward AI tool were positive.
How students wanted to improve AI.
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We recruited 47 students in the United States from a university writing course.
what they did.
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Abstract:
The study argues that students can use AI productively for writing, and that students learn real lessons about writing when they work with AI, not just cheat with it.
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Wang et al. study how college students actually use AI tools like ChatGPT while writing application letters and personal statements. The researchers had 47 U.S. college students use AI to complete a real class assignment, then answer open-ended survey questions about what worked, what didn’t, and what they learned. The study found that students usually went through multiple rounds of prompts. They said AI was helpful for structure, professional wording, and connecting résumé details to the job or program. However, students also said the AI writing was often generic, repetitive, too robotic, and lacked personal voice or emotion. Students recommended improving AI drafts by adding personal stories, emotions, and specific details. Overall, most students felt positive about writing with AI, but the authors warn that teachers still need clear rules and guidance. This source helps show how real students use AI in writing and what strengths and weaknesses they notice firsthand
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