Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools for Formative Assessment and Automated Feedback in Basic Education

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23704917

Keywords:

Generative Artificial Intelligence, Formative Assessment, Automated Feedback, Basic Education, Educational Innovation, Teacher Workload.

Abstract

This research article explores the impact of integrating Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) as a pedagogical assistant for formative assessment and feedback in the Basic Education sublevel. In educational contexts with high student-teacher ratios and administrative overload, detailed and timely feedback—a pillar of constructivist learning—is often the first practice sacrificed, reducing assessment to a punitive summative grade. The general objective of this study is to design, implement, and validate a methodological framework where Large Language Models (LLMs) are used to generate automated rubrics and high-quality iterative feedback. Through a qualitative action-research design developed in an urban-marginal environment in the Durán canton, a teaching team was trained in "Prompt Engineering" to assist in the grading of projects and essays. The results show that the use of GenAI reduces the teacher's operational workload by 60%, allowing them to reinvest that time in personalized human mediation. Simultaneously, students who received automated feedback, validated by the teacher, improved their self-regulation and error-correction capacity by 75%. It is concluded that GenAI does not replace the critical judgment of the educator, but acts as an analytical exobrain that democratizes access to immediate and personalized formative tutoring, essential for cognitive equity.

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Published

2026-10-30

How to Cite

Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools for Formative Assessment and Automated Feedback in Basic Education. (2026). Educare Journal Ciudad De Jerusalén, 2(Nº1), 33-44. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23704917

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