98% of Spanish teachers say they have detected this practice among their students and 68% encounter it at least once a week, according to the GoStudent Report on the Future of Education
71% of Spanish students who use artificial intelligence (hereinafter AI) for their homework acknowledge having submitted content generated by these tools as if it were their own. This is revealed by the latest GoStudent Report on the Future of Education, prepared based on a survey of 3,000 families and students, and 300 teachers from six European countries, which highlights the gap between the rapid adoption of this technology in study habits and its teaching in classrooms.
The trend contrasts with that of Italy, where 43% of those surveyed say they have never submitted assignments generated by AI as their own. Far from being an occasional practice, 46% of Spanish students admit doing so at least once a week. In addition, nearly eight out of ten (78%) Spanish students already use AI to do their school assignments, but only 23% have received structured training on how to use it.
56% of Spanish teachers do not trust that most of their students can write a complete essay from scratch without AI help, while 58% expresses the same concern about summarizing texts or notes. In other academic tasks, 48% questions whether their students can solve a math problem step by step without these tools and 42% doubts their ability to develop original ideas for a creative project.
Regarding the detection of the submission of assignments made with AI, 98% confirms having come across students who present generated work as if it were theirs. In addition, 68% says it detects this situation at least once a week. 82% of the surveyed teachers say they feel capable of identifying work generated by AI.
While AI is being incorporated into study habits, its formal teaching remains in the minority. According to the report, training on AI in the classroom is limited: 36% of students say that their teachers have simply mentioned this technology in class, without dedicating specific training to it, while 37% say they have received no type of instruction on AI.
"We face the challenge of teaching students to use AI without losing the ability to think for themselves. Technology can help them resolve questions and explore new ideas, but it should not replace the process of understanding and reasoning through their own answers. The priority should be to integrate AI in a way that reinforces learning, rather than turning it into a mere crutch to finish tasks faster," says Felix Ohswald, CEO and co-founder of GoStudent.