Open Mathematical Tasks as a Didactic Response to Generative Artificial Intelligence in Post-AI Contexts
Abstract
The widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence tools poses new challenges for school mathematics education, particularly regarding the formative role of traditional mathematical tasks. In post-AI educational contexts, many activities can be solved automatically, without engaging students in interpretation, decision-making, or mathematical validation processes. This study analyzes a secondary school classroom experience in which open mathematical tasks are implemented as a didactic response to this scenario, aiming to sustain students' mathematical activity. Adopting a qualitative and descriptive-interpretative approach, the study examines the forms of mathematical work that emerge during task resolution, mediated by the didactic regulation device COMPAS. The analysis is structured around four analytical axes: open task design in post-AI contexts, students' mathematical agency, human-AI complementarity, and modeling and validation practices. The findings suggest that, under explicit didactic regulation, students retain epistemic control over mathematical activity, even in the presence of generative artificial intelligence.
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@article{arxiv.2602.09242,
title = {Open Mathematical Tasks as a Didactic Response to Generative Artificial Intelligence in Post-AI Contexts},
author = {Felix De la Cruz Serrano},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.09242},
year = {2026}
}
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Qualitative study on open mathematical tasks and didactic regulation in post-AI school mathematics, in Spanish language