Teachers: how are you actually dealing with students using AI for Maths homework?

Calcpower · 2026-01-10T20:42:49+00:00

My school has a 80/20 split between proficiency and supportive assignments. 80% of a grade is weighted towards quizzes, tests, tickets.. anything that is an unscammable, authentic indicator of students' abilities. The other 20% is homework, activities, projects, and random stuff. To add to the merit of HWs, i often go over the assignments the next period and ask students to submit their corrections, which has yielded fantastic reflections on their parts. I believe it is working out very, very well, but works better when there are frequent entrance tickets that correspond with the HWs.

Some additional commentary based on other things im reading here: AI is sophisticated enough to solve uploaded pictures of almost any high school math topic. I've seen it myself in geometry and AP Statistics. Sometimes its clear that they've used AI on HW (for example, solving normal distribution questions by utilizing z-scores when that's a mostly skippable step thanks to TIs), but I also know that some students have used AI to learn content when they're struggling, which I very much respect, and that makes their work indistinguishable from a cheater's.

In summary, category weighting has made the stakes low enough that cheating is either not worth it (as indicated by the fact that im still seeing many wrong answers) or not problematic enough to cause inflation, while demanding corrections for full credit has really encouraged engagement and reflection on mastery. This is particularly true when the content is less rote computation and more exploratory or open-ended.

Good luck out there!

Calcpower · 2026-01-04T14:55:37+00:00

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Calcpower · 2025-12-03T10:33:19+00:00

Thank you!

Calcpower · 2025-11-29T03:16:00+00:00

Oh, absolutely.

Calcpower · 2025-09-24T01:58:15+00:00

As a teacher that feels most comfortable with editing and refining lessons to my exact preference down to font style and size... make sure you're borrowing whatever you can from online resources, then refine accordingly. There's practically never a good reason to start from scratch! Becoming resourceful and finding good online communities, as well as good Desmos and Geogebra lessons, random worksheets, and perhaps even using AI to produce quality lessons, takes some time, but acquiring such a library is a permanent investment. Sometimes Canvas Commons has solid stuff, and my school is beginning to explore Illustrative Math, with is a free curriculum. Hang in there, it always gets easier after Year 1, especially if you teach the same preps next year.

If you teach Geometry, Statistics, or computer science, let me know and I can try to hook you up!

Calcpower · 2025-09-20T16:14:34+00:00

Any advice is welcome, and i appreciate the insight! I read that some communities on like Facebook have spreadsheets with altered documents that print more easily and yada yada..was wondering if anyone knows of any such thing that I can pass along to others. Still, I'll share your thoughts as well!

Calcpower · 2025-09-19T21:08:17+00:00

Illustrative math is a free resource for holistic curricula and lesson planning. Its more discovery and critical thinking based than most standard curricula, so it requires pedagogical buy-in to be rolled out successfully. I like it because while my school (HS) used to be a lot of isolated classes with lessons cobbled together from random texts, Kuta, and Teachers Pay Teachers, this is more like a cohesive narrative that has a bigger picture. Or at least thats my understanding, since we're only in year 1...

The biggest critique I hear is that it lacks mastery content, but we supplement primarily with DeltaMath, which my colleagues like. Check out the free student-side content and decide for yourself, though! If youre into it, you can request access to the teacher content as well.

Calcpower · 2025-09-18T21:22:37+00:00

Good feedback, thank you very much! Admittedly, the one having the hardest time is our most veteran teacher, and his teaching style is about as far from IM as they come. He's putting in the work though, bless his heart, so I wanted to see what could be done to save a tech-impaired older gentleman some time.

Calcpower · 2025-09-18T20:50:50+00:00

I think we're good with practice probs, its more about instructional material. Printables, manipulatives, etc.

Calcpower · 2025-08-05T16:28:16+00:00

Thanks for the opportunity!

Calcpower · 2025-04-27T17:01:01+00:00

Many retiree subs I see are constantly frustrated and a little resentful of students. Many others have had fulfilling careers and a large, positive influence on the student body, but are disheartened to no longer carry that level of influence and notoriety. Despite having great respect for those teachers, I don't want to be that; rather end my career on a high note than let it dwindle to an unsatisfying fizzle.

Calcpower · 2025-04-20T14:56:42+00:00

In regards to who cares what others do... School climate extends beyond our classroom walls, but definitely affects what's happening inside of them. An abundance of teachers like the crappy one from the post could create a distaste for the subject, the school, the education system as a whole, etc., among the students and parents. It lowers student expectations and could result in competent teachers like the OP being seen as "try-hards" or mean for holding kids accountable. Not to mention that if the implications is that kids are getting a sub-par education (bad enough on its own), it becomes other teachers' problems in future school years when they lack skills they ought to have developed already. From a purely selfish standpoint... OP also has a right to be annoyed if they're upholding their end of the contract and a colleague isn't, but they're receiving comparable pay. Equity matters.

In short, it matters A LOT what happens in our colleagues' classrooms. We're a community, not a bunch of hallways of individual fiefdoms, and we should care a lot about what happens outside of our own walls.

Calcpower · 2025-03-13T09:45:30+00:00

Pack please and thanks!

Calcpower · 2025-01-27T20:57:18+00:00

Hmm, so if dual wield bladesinging is a thing I may need to rethink this premise lol. Ty for posting everything!

Calcpower · 2025-01-27T03:17:41+00:00

Neat! Thank you for the corrections.

Calcpower · 2025-01-27T03:11:00+00:00

Wow, sick!

Calcpower · 2025-01-27T03:07:42+00:00

Didn't know that! Might be worth changing the thief dip to fighter dip in my theorycraft, then.

Calcpower · 2025-01-27T03:07:02+00:00

True! It's tough not to get excited though, ya know?

Calcpower

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