Disclosure of Support Statement: Increasing Student Transparency About Support from Software Like ChatGPT

Description

Our latest publication in the Journal of Engineering Research introduces the Disclosure of Support Statement (DSS) tool to enhance transparency and student engagement in academic writing. This innovative tool encourages students to openly discuss and reflect on the various human and software supports utilized in their writing processes, such as professors, peers, and artificial intelligence software tools. The DSS tool seeks to initiate meaningful conversations around academic integrity and the educational journey by promoting ethical considerations and fostering critical thinking. Through a detailed pilot study, our research offers insights into student attitudes towards support mechanisms, setting the stage for further development and refinement of the DSS tool to better support academic writing and ethical understanding in the educational landscape.

Publication/Submission Date

3-1-2024

Keywords

Disclosure of Support Statement, Transparency, Student engagement, Academic writing, Artificial intelligence software, Human support, Software support, Academic integrity, Ethical implications, and Educational process.

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Education

Comments

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to the blind reviewers, whomever you may be, for your notes and observations that improved the final version.

NONBLIND PEER-REVIEWERS

Bruce Bukiet, Professor of Mathematical Sciences,

New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Quinn I Morris-Pearson, Research and Instruction Librarian,

New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Catherine Siemann, Senior University Lecturer, Humanities & Social Sciences,

New Jersey Institute of Technology. Disclosure statement No conflict of interest pertains to the research presented above.