AI and Mental Load of School: Offload Without Cheating

End-of-lesson check

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1. What type of school tasks does the lesson suggest AI can handle most effectively?

   1. Writing entire essays and creative assignments
   2. Answering questions during class discussions
   3. Logistics and organization tasks like calendars and schedules
   4. Taking online tests for the student

2. What is 'executive function' primarily concerned with?

   1. Reading comprehension skills
   2. Physical hand-eye coordination
   3. Memorizing facts for tests
   4. Planning, organizing, and tracking tasks

3. What does the lesson say AI can 'buy back' for students?

   1. Money for school supplies
   2. Perfect grades on assignments
   3. Hours per week previously spent on logistics
   4. Popularity with classmates

4. In the lesson, what does 'mental load' of school specifically refer to?

   1. The physical weight of carrying textbooks
   2. The cognitive effort of tracking assignments, deadlines, and what comes next
   3. The financial cost of school fees
   4. The emotional stress of friend drama

5. Why might students with ADHD benefit especially from using AI for certain school tasks?

   1. AI does their homework for them
   2. AI makes school more fun
   3. AI can take tests in their place
   4. AI can help with planning and organization, which are often challenging with ADHD

6. The lesson uses the phrase 'brain-tax' to describe a certain type of mental work. What is 'brain-tax'?

   1. The effort of understanding difficult concepts
   2. The mental work of organizing and tracking tasks
   3. The exhaustion from long school days
   4. The stress of taking exams

7. Why does the lesson compare using AI for logistics to using a tool rather than cheating?

   1. Tools are always free
   2. Cheating is only wrong on tests
   3. A tool helps you work more efficiently on your own work, while cheating means not doing the work yourself
   4. Tools are not allowed in school

8. What does the lesson mean by 'offloading the thinking'?

   1. Using AI to create a study schedule
   2. Using AI to check your work for errors
   3. Using AI to do your critical thinking and learning for you
   4. Using AI to find helpful resources

9. The lesson mentions Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. What do these represent?

   1. Online tutoring companies
   2. Social media platforms for students
   3. AI assistants that can each help with different school tasks
   4. Types of computer hardware

10. A student asks Perplexity for app recommendations that classmates with ADHD actually use. This is an example of:

    1. Using AI to avoid thinking
    2. A form of academic dishonesty
    3. Appropriate offloading of research to AI
    4. Something the lesson warns against

11. The lesson emphasizes that calendar import is acceptable while essay writing is not. What principle does this illustrate?

    1. AI is never helpful for school
    2. Only older students should use AI
    3. AI can handle logistics but should not do original creative or learning work
    4. AI should only be used for fun activities

12. What does the 'Try it!' section of the lesson ask students to do?

    1. Take a photo of a syllabus and convert it to a calendar
    2. Write an entire essay using AI
    3. Memorize all their assignments
    4. Stop using AI entirely

13. The lesson mentions a specific type of routine that AI can help create. What is it?

    1. A 2-hour homework routine
    2. A 2-minute morning routine recommended by ADHD experts
    3. A bedtime story routine
    4. A weekend study marathon routine

14. What is the main distinction the lesson draws between appropriate and inappropriate AI use?

    1. Whether the AI is free or paid
    2. Whether parents give permission
    3. Whether it's logistics versus actual learning
    4. Whether the student has good grades

15. Which statement best captures the lesson's overall message about AI in school?

    1. AI should completely replace teachers
    2. AI is a tool that can handle organizational tasks, freeing students to focus on learning
    3. Students should use AI to do all their homework
    4. AI is never helpful for students