The teacher who tried it in his own classroom.
I couldn't ban ChatGPT. So I introduced my class to Brainback. The AP scores told the rest of the story.
I couldn't ban ChatGPT. So I introduced my class to Brainback. The AP scores told the rest of the story.
Mr. Bennett was watching his AP Chemistry class collapse under a copy-paste homework culture. Homework completion was 95%. AP scores had dropped from a 4.1 average to a 3.4 in two years.
He couldn't confiscate his students' AI tools. So instead he introduced them to Brainback and made it the required workflow for problem sets. Optional for anything else.
The next year's AP Chemistry scores averaged 4.3 — the highest in the school's history. Mr. Bennett has become an informal advocate; three neighboring departments have adopted similar approaches.
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Other students who put the workflow to work.
“I turned off ChatGPT for a semester and used Brainback for problem sets. My final exam average went up 18 points.”
“It's the first AI I've allowed on my kids' devices without a fight. Because it doesn't hand them the answer.”
“My first practice MCAT score was a 495. My real MCAT was a 517.”
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