Artificial Intelligence Versus Critical Thinking Classroom Crisis

Artificial Intelligence Versus Critical Thinking Classroom Crisis

From Academic Integrity To Metacognitive Laziness In Schools  Most schools around the world have recently been rocked by an unprecedented shock: a student picks up his phone and asks the ChatGPT app to write an analytical article about World War II in two minutes, while his classmate generates 50 math problems with model solutions to practice for the exam. The initial reaction was panic: devices were banned, websites were blocked, and expulsion was threatened. But it quickly became clear that bans were ineffective; students were using artificial intelligence at home, on the bus, and even in the bathroom. Thus began the fastest transformation of education since the invention of printing, forcing institutions to shift from the question "How do we prevent it?" to "How do we integrate it without losing our critical thinking?" Shocking Numbers 87% of high school students in the United States used at least one generative tool in 2026 (Pew survey). 64% of teachers admit they …