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Grades 9–12 Day 1: Claim-Evidence-Reasoning, Citation Audits & Epistemic Rigor (40 Min)

EveryAge AI · 9–12 · 7-Day Free Trial (Day 1 of 7) Track

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Welcome to High School AI Literacy! In Grades 9 through 12, college and career readiness means mastering epistemic rigor. Anyone can generate 500 generic words in seconds—your value comes from verifying primary evidence, testing counterarguments, and defending your reasoning.

Learning Goal: Use AI as a critical-thinking sparring partner (counterarguments, rubric self-audits) while verifying all citations against primary literature.

Key Concepts

Citation Auditing: Treat every AI-generated statistic, quote, case law, or scientific citation as unverified until confirmed in a primary source.
Counterargument Sparring: Use AI to challenge your thesis or identify weak links in your Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) outline.
Why AI Detectors Are Not Proof: Automated AI detectors produce false positives and false negatives; authentic learning is shown through version history, oral defense, and primary source mastery.

Hands-On Activity

Claim-Evidence-Reasoning & Citation Audit: Take a draft argument, prompt AI to identify three logical gaps or counterarguments, and verify every cited source against primary databases.

Practice Prompt Template (Zero-PII)

Create a high-school claim-evidence-reasoning organizer for [topic]. Include prompts for source credibility, fabricated-citation checks, and a counterargument; use no student work.

Human-in-the-Loop Checkpoint: Submit a verified CER outline with a source-audit log showing primary verification for every claim.

Role-Matched Practice Workflow Cards (9–12 · 7-Day Free Trial (Day 1 of 7))

Workflow Card #13 (9–12): Rubric clarity audit

Review rubric descriptors for observable evidence in high school courses.

Audit this non-sensitive assignment rubric [rubric text] for ambiguous terms, overlapping criteria, and unclear performance levels. Suggest revisions without assigning grades.

Human Check: Review for standards, fairness, and assessment validity.

Workflow Card #14 (9–12): Claim-evidence-reasoning

Create a generic practice scaffold for high school analytical writing and citation verification.

Create a high-school claim-evidence-reasoning organizer for [topic]. Include prompts for source credibility, fabricated-citation checks, and a counterargument; use no student work.

Human Check: Verify that examples do not invent evidence or citations.

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