When ChatGPT arrived in late 2022, educators quickly asked whether students would use artificial intelligence to cheat, learn or simply get through homework more efficiently. Evidence is beginning to point toward a troubling answer: Many students appear to be completing assignments faster while learning less from them.

This conclusion comes from one of the largest studies of how generative AI is changing student behavior and academic skills. Sina Rismanchian, a doctoral student at the University of California, Irvine, partnered with researchers at McGraw Hill to analyze millions of student interactions with ALEKS, an online math platform used by more than four million students a year, from fifth grade through college. 

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Dyscalculia is a specific, neurodevelopmental learning disability that severely impairs an individual’s ability to learn number-related concepts, perform accurate math calculations, reason and problem solve, and perform other basic math skills. Often referred to informally as “math dyslexia,” dyscalculia is a brain-based condition that makes mathematics extremely difficult to process and understand. Unlike acquired calculation disorders (acalculia), which result from traumatic brain injury or stroke, dyscalculia is developmental and is present from early childhood. Individuals with this condition possess a fundamental deficit in “number sense”—the intuitive understanding of how numbers work and relate to each other. Understanding its complex symptom profile is essential for early diagnosis and the implementation of effective educational interventions.

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