Kristin Fasiang

Writing

A (growing) collection of my non-academic writing :)

undergrads in a lecture hall, two are leaning in to each other to look at a cellphone screen The Surprising Upside to a Classroom Full of Distracted Students — Opinion piece urging instructors to be more tolerant of side conversations and technology use in the classroom. Draws on my ethnographic observations of side activities as part of my research. Inside Higher Education.
laptop with ChatGPT on the screen sitting on a table in a library Sex, Drugs and... AI? Students think everyone else is doing it more than they are — News story on research that uncovered a large gap between how much college students self-report using AI, and how much they believe their peers use it. Co-written with Jill Barshay for the Hechinger Report.
children in a computer lab wearing headphones and working on computers Slow math: Kids may learn more when AI makes them review mistakes — News story on a randomized experiment investigating computer-assisted learning approaches to teaching fractions with and without AI. Co-written with Jill Barshay for the Hechinger Report.