The "if I was a teacher" thoughts on how to handle a ChatGPT that can do short answer questions for English, History, and Social Studies classes...
I'd have a set of N questions that shouldn't take long to answer but demonstrate that the material has been read. Yes, ChatGPT can answer them.
The second part would be in class, after the homework had been handed in pull a name and number out of a hat and have that student answer that question again and answer a followup question on that material.
The oral part of it makes it so that having another do the homework for the student and not do the reading means that the student would show a lack of understanding of the question or its followup.
(note: my sophomore English teacher did this... and I messed up answering questions about the Miller's tale which I hadn't read)
This is a brilliant tactic as avoiding being embarrassed in front of the class is a huge motivator. Plus, the value of teaching others is a huge benefit to the student for the subject matter and the practice of communication skills when explaining to the class.
I'd have a set of N questions that shouldn't take long to answer but demonstrate that the material has been read. Yes, ChatGPT can answer them.
The second part would be in class, after the homework had been handed in pull a name and number out of a hat and have that student answer that question again and answer a followup question on that material.
The oral part of it makes it so that having another do the homework for the student and not do the reading means that the student would show a lack of understanding of the question or its followup.
(note: my sophomore English teacher did this... and I messed up answering questions about the Miller's tale which I hadn't read)