Preservice Teachers’ Prompting Practices and Decision-Making in Using Generative Artificial Intelligence

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Presented as part of the Instructional Technology Special Interest Group 52 (SIG 52) program at the 2026 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. This paper was recognized with the Best Paper Award from Instructional Technology SIG 52, AERA.

This presentation examined how preservice teachers approach prompting generative AI tools and the decision-making processes that guide their AI use in educational contexts.

AERA 2026 Instructional Technology SIG 52 Best Paper Award certificate presented to Raghad Alsaka