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Understand AI – think for yourself

AI can offer hints. You learn to think, check and decide for yourself.

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  1. Think for yourself
  2. Look at an AI example
  3. Check independently
  4. Explain in your own words

One starter activity per school year, not a complete curriculum or evidence of learning impact.

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School year 1 · Primary · 1–4

Count for yourself

1 · Your own idea first

Put three pencils down. How many are there? Count or point to them.

2 · Prepared AI example – may be wrong

“There are four pencils.”

3 · Check the example

How can you check this claim?
See the checking method

Point to each pencil in turn: 1, 2, 3. There are three. A computer can be wrong.

4 · Your own conclusion

Explain or draw how you counted. An adult can check with you.

School year 2 · Primary · 1–4

Check with objects

1 · Your own idea first

First work out 2 + 3 yourself.

2 · Prepared AI example – may be wrong

“2 + 3 = 6.”

3 · Check the example

How can you check independently?
See the checking method

Two counters and three counters make five: 2 + 3 = 5.

4 · Your own conclusion

Use your own objects to explain why you reject the claim.

School year 3 · Primary · 1–4

Check the calculation

1 · Your own idea first

Work out 8 × 7 yourself first. You could use 7 × 7 + 7.

2 · Prepared AI example – may be wrong

“8 × 7 = 54.”

3 · Check the example

Which checking method helps?
See the checking method

7 × 7 = 49; one more 7 makes 56. So 8 × 7 = 56, not 54.

4 · Your own conclusion

Explain the method. Then check 8 × 6 yourself using a similar method.

School year 4 · Primary · 1–4

Understand instead of copying

1 · Your own idea first

Read: “Mia takes an umbrella. It is raining outside.” Why does she take it?

2 · Prepared AI example – may be wrong

“Mia takes an umbrella because the sun is shining.”

3 · Check the example

What helps you check?
See the checking method

The text explicitly says it is raining. It does not say the sun is shining.

4 · Your own conclusion

Explain Mia’s reason in your own sentence.

School year 5 · Lower secondary · 5–8

Ask for a hint

1 · Your own idea first

Imagine you are stuck on a task. What have you already tried?

2 · Prepared AI example – may be wrong

“Give me the finished solution. I will copy it.”

3 · Check the example

Which request supports your own learning better?
See the checking method

Describe what you have tried and ask for a small hint. Then continue yourself and check your result.

4 · Your own conclusion

Write a learning question that does not ask for the whole solution straight away.

School year 6 · Lower secondary · 5–8

Actually inspect a source

1 · Your own idea first

An AI gives a surprising fact. How would you check it?

2 · Prepared AI example – may be wrong

“This is certainly true. You do not need to read a source.”

3 · Check the example

What is an independent check?
See the checking method

A confident tone does not make a claim true. Find a traceable original source, such as a suitable teaching text. Without evidence, the claim remains unresolved.

4 · Your own conclusion

Explain what evidence is needed and what remains uncertain.

School year 7 · Lower secondary · 5–8

Protect private information

1 · Your own idea first

What does a tool need to explain a general maths problem?

2 · Prepared AI example – may be wrong

“First send your name, address and password.”

3 · Check the example

How do you respond?
See the checking method

A general maths question does not need your name, address or password. Do not share them. Use a fictional, factual task.

4 · Your own conclusion

Write a learning question without information about yourself or others.

School year 8 · Lower secondary · 5–8

Compare explanations

1 · Your own idea first

Two explanations sound different. How can you tell which holds up?

2 · Prepared AI example – may be wrong

“This explanation uses the most technical words, so it must be correct.”

3 · Check the example

What helps you decide?
See the checking method

Length and technical terms are not proof. Check each step, compare with a reliable source and identify unclear points.

4 · Your own conclusion

Explain the idea without unnecessary technical words.

School year 9 · Upper secondary · 9–13

Verify citations

1 · Your own idea first

An answer includes a citation. What would you check first?

2 · Prepared AI example – may be wrong

“There is a reference. That already proves everything.”

3 · Check the example

What is a useful next step?
See the checking method

AI can invent or misattribute sources. Open the original, find the relevant passage and check the context. Without a supporting passage, the claim is not substantiated.

4 · Your own conclusion

Describe how you would label a source you cannot find.

School year 10 · Upper secondary · 9–13

Recognise sweeping judgements

1 · Your own idea first

Can one school grade show all of a person’s strengths?

2 · Prepared AI example – may be wrong

“Anyone with a poor maths grade cannot be creative.”

3 · Check the example

How do you handle this judgement?
See the checking method

One grade does not establish a general claim about creativity or a person’s worth. Ask about the basis and consider different abilities and circumstances.

4 · Your own conclusion

Write a respectful, specific question that does not label people.

School year 11 · Upper secondary · 9–13

Fluent does not mean true

1 · Your own idea first

Why can a convincing answer still be wrong?

2 · Prepared AI example – may be wrong

“I sound confident, so you need not check anything.”

3 · Check the example

What is a useful response?
See the checking method

Language models can produce plausible text without every statement being correct. Separate claims, evidence and uncertainty.

4 · Your own conclusion

Say which claim you would check first and why.

School year 12 · Upper secondary · 9–13

Three answers are not three sources

1 · Your own idea first

You receive almost the same AI answer three times. What does that establish?

2 · Prepared AI example – may be wrong

“Three AI answers agree. That is three independent proofs.”

3 · Check the example

What would be a better check?
See the checking method

Repeated AI outputs are not independent evidence. They may share the same mistaken basis. Check origins, original data and counterarguments.

4 · Your own conclusion

Explain the difference between an answer and reliable evidence.

School year 13 · Upper secondary · 9–13

Independent work for final exams

1 · Your own idea first

What remains your responsibility when you use AI to study?

2 · Prepared AI example – may be wrong

“Submit the AI answer as your own. Do not mention the tool.”

3 · Check the example

Which approach is appropriate?
See the checking method

Clarify permitted aids with your teacher. Develop your own argument, verify claims and document use according to the applicable rules. You remain responsible.

4 · Your own conclusion

Explain your solution without the AI text. Then say where a tool helped and what you checked yourself.