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Shaping Narratives for Teacher Empowerment and Augmenting Math Teaching with AI (TEAM AI)

TEAMAI is a collaboration between Indiana University (IU) Mathematics department and Looking Glass Ventures (LGV). In our research, we examine the high school teachers’ use of ALICE, an AI LLM module of LGV’s ‘Edfinity’ homework system (assessment platform at edfinity.com) in their Finite Mathematics and Calculus courses. Edfinity assessments utilize the, open-source WeBWorK format to deliver interactive, auto-gradable, isomorphic technology-enhanced assessments (TEAs) to support classroom assessment for better student learning. Given natural language prompts from teachers, ALICE generates the WeBWorK code for the corresponding interactive, isomorphic assessment along with hints and a teacher solution. Such code would otherwise have to be written by programmers and effectively left K-12 teachers out of the equation of creating WeBWorK assessments. Working with teachers in IU’s Advance College Project dual-enrollment program from schools from rural, suburban, and urban Indiana, this project also studies what kind of natural language domain-specific prompts support math teachers’ formative assessment needs and how prompt engineering, and the ability to use AI impact teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge of the topic. We aim to contribute to the science of teacher-AI teaming, domain-specific prompt engineering, and shaping narratives of empowering and centering teachers in the artificial intelligence revolution.

Pillar 1: Innovative Use of Technologies in Learning and Teaching

The proposed work leverages AI to empower teachers with new capabilities for interactive assessment creation using natural language through partnering with LLM tools for code generation. The project uses ALICE, an LLM trained to generate code for complex math problems using natural language prompts.

Pillar 2: Partnerships for Career and Workforce Preparation.

The project is a partnership between Indiana University's Math department, mathematics teachers from high schools enrolled in IU's Advance College Project dual-enrollment program, and Looking Glass Ventures, an NSF SBIR-funded R&D organization that has developed edfinity.com, a math homework system, with tranformative AI features.

Pillar 3: Strategies for Equity in STEM Education

Teacher shortage is most sorely felt in high school math classrooms in rural and under-resourced urban school districts. By empowering teachers to team with AI to create formative assessments relevant to their classroom needs and students' contexts, they can better support the teaching and learning process in their classrooms.
Poster sharing highlights of TEAMAI project
Discipline(s)
Mathematical sciences
Target Gradespan(s)
High school (9-12)
Target Participant(s)
Educators
Project Setting(s)
Formal Education
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