Using OpenAI in writing critiques

The study explored how OpenAI was used by the students in writing critiques, focusing on their experiences, opportunities, challenges and proposed rubrics for improving students' critique writing skills. This study is important because critical thinking skills and responsible AI use affect students' writing practice and general improvement. Utilizing a descriptive qualitative design, data were gathered from 10 third- year teacher education students at a private institution through unstructured interviews and focused group discussion. The findings showed that students used OpenAI to generate ideas, organize structures, improve sentence construction, and enhance academic language, which showed that opportunities existed. The study also revealed several challenges, such as reduced cognitive engagement, ethical and academic integrity, technical limitations, and occasional inaccuracies in generated outputs. To address these issues, rubrics as assessment tool was proposed that included ethical guidelines and collaborative activities. The study recommended guided integration of OpenAI and active participation by teachers and students to improve critique-writing skills. The main objective of this study is to explore the use of OpenAI in writing critiques and to identify the opportunities, challenges, and proposed a rubric as an assessment tool in improving students' critique writing skills. Hence, this study aimed to develop analytic rubrics entitled “ Rubrics as an Assessment Tool in Critique Writing” that helped teachers assess writing effectively, assisted students in responsible and ethical integration of OpenAI in different literary genres, encouraged originality and ensured that all students became confident and independent critique writers.