Critical Thinking with AI

1. Understanding AI (click to expand)
   1. Introduction
   2. AI and Academic Integrity
   3. What Is AI?
   4. How Generative AI Works
   5. How Large Language Models Work
   6. Interacting with LLMs
   7. Characteristics of LLMs
   8. Strengths and Limitations of LLMs
   9. Chapter Quiz: Understanding AI
   10. Practice: Interact with LLMs
   11. Chapter 1 Wrap-Up
2. Using AI Effectively
   1. Introduction
   2. Thinking Critically About AI
   3. Evaluating Relevance
   4. Revising and Reevaluating
   5. Evaluating Accuracy
   6. Evaluating Quality
   7. Design Factors and Prompting Techniques
   8. Chapter Quiz: Using AI Effectively
   9. Practice: Prompt and Evaluate Effectively
   10. Chapter 2 Wrap-Up
3. Using AI Ethically
   1. Introduction
   2. AI and Ethics
   3. Bias and Discrimination
   4. Avoiding Bias and Discrimination
   5. Privacy
   6. Preserving Privacy
   7. Copyright
   8. Proprietary Information
   9. Academic Integrity
   10. Documenting AI Use
   11. Chapter Quiz: Using AI Ethically
   12. Practice: Evaluate the Ethics of AI Interactions
   13. Chapter 3 Wrap-Up

Stronger engagement

After each new topic is presented, students answer a few reading questions about the main ideas. This helps students maintain focus, actively process information, and construct new knowledge.

Presentation and relevance

Each chapter offers concise presentation of key concepts. Examples and interactive features help students see the benefits and limitations of the new AI tools.

Practice with AI tools

The AI chatbox enables students to practice using the tools and evaluating prompts and outputs.

Interactive content

AI chatbox

An embedded AI chatbox gives students access to different AI tools to practice with prompts and evaluating the output.

Study questions

Multiple-choice and short-answer questions guide students to critical information by providing immediate feedback. These low-risk opportunities allow students to reset answers to try again or study for tests.

Response boards

Students engage each other through discussion boards that only allow students to see the responses of their peers after they’ve posted their own comment.

Polls

Polls allow students to respond to survey questions and compare their response to the responses of their classmates as well as national survey data.

Study tools

Webtext Reader app

Students can access materials and complete assignments offline with our mobile app available for iOS and Android.

Reading tools

Reading tools allow students to click on vocabulary terms for definitions and mark up their own webtext by highlighting and adding notes in the margins.

Read to Me

Our text-to-speech feature instantly creates an audio version of the webtext page to extend the reach of online content.

My Progress

Students can keep track of their own work inside My Progress, which records their scores, time spent, and completion.

Authors

Adrienne Kaufmann with Ashley Bourne-Richardson

Publisher

Mary Jane Lindrum

Executive Editor

Jenny Westrick

Creative Director

Zara Elizabeth Crockett

Curriculum & Assessment Specialists

Josh Fisk
Paul Morin

Project Manager

Cassie Zavala

Production Editor & Coordinator

Natalie Welch

Production Editor

Rachel Garzarelli

Assistant Production Editors

Angelica Burac
Mandi DeLong

Editorial Assistant

Mallory Edwards

Photo Research

Zara Elizabeth Crockett

Video Production

Gabe Thorpe

User Interface Design

Sam Korthof
Clint McFarlin

Note

Some text and multiple-choice questions were developed using ChatGPT; these elements were factchecked and edited for style and accuracy. Some images were created using Adobe Firefly, Getty Images AI Generator, Midjourney, and Pixlr. The prompts used to generate these images are included in the image captions.