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Using Generative AI to Create Scaffolded Instructional Resources for Students with Disabilities
Delinda van Garderen1, John Lannin1, Jessica Rodrigues1
1University of Missouri.
Summary
Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) helps teachers create customized learning scaffolds for students with disabilities (SWDs) more efficiently. This technology supports enhanced access, understanding, and engagement for diverse learners.
Area of Science:
- Educational Technology
- Special Education
- Artificial Intelligence in Education
Background:
- Teachers face challenges in creating timely, individualized instructional resources for students with disabilities (SWDs).
- Developing effective scaffolds requires significant time and expertise.
- Existing methods may not fully address the diverse needs of SWDs.
Purpose of the Study:
- To demonstrate how generative artificial intelligence (GAI) can assist teachers in creating customized instructional scaffolds.
- To explore the potential of GAI in enhancing learning access, understanding, and engagement for SWDs.
- To provide practical guidance for the responsible and effective use of GAI in special education.
Main Methods:
- Review of GAI capabilities for content generation.
- Development of example teacher prompts for creating scaffolds.
- Showcasing GAI-generated scaffold examples.
- Discussion of classroom applications and implementation strategies.
Main Results:
- GAI enables efficient production of content-specific, customized scaffolds for SWDs.
- Generated materials can align with student needs and academic standards.
- GAI-generated scaffolds show potential for improving student access, understanding, and engagement.
- Practical examples of prompts and outputs are provided.
Conclusions:
- GAI offers a valuable tool for teachers to overcome resource creation challenges for SWDs.
- Effective integration of GAI requires careful prompt engineering and pedagogical consideration.
- Recommendations and cautions are provided for responsible GAI implementation in classrooms.
- GAI has the potential to significantly support inclusive education practices.
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