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ArticleJournal of microbiology & biology education2026

Practical and positive uses of AI in STEM education: taming the AI tiger.

Gregory J Crowther, Timothy D Paustian, Samantha T Parks

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Article in Journal of microbiology & biology education, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Gregory J CrowtherLife Sciences Department, Everett Community College, Everett, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0530-9130
Timothy D PaustianDepartment of Bacteriology, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9701-0189
Samantha T ParksCollege of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-0649-8762

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

From website searches and social media to financial services and health services, artificial intelligence (AI) is common in our daily lives. Such an encompassing presence is also apparent in education. All fields, including education, must identify regulations and best practices for the incorporation and regulation of AI use. As members of the Special Series Editorial Team for the

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artificial intelligenceChatGPTeditorialSTEM pedagogy

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PMID42657938
PMCPMC13520703

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