The Divergence Test
Layers Used: Layer 5 (Divergence Test), Layer 2 (Reasoning Receipt)
What You Do
The entire class receives the identical scenario and identical AI access. Each student independently develops their analysis by prompting AI with their own questions and building their own conclusions. Submit your final analysis along with your complete reasoning receipt showing every prompt and decision.
Your final analysis of the business scenario (500-800 words) and a complete reasoning receipt documenting every prompt sent, every AI response received, and every accept/reject/modify decision with justification. Additionally, a brief "uniqueness statement" (100 words) explaining what in your analysis reflects your own thinking rather than a generic AI output.
I am a student in a class where everyone received the same business scenario and access to the same AI tools. Below is my analysis. Please:
(1) Rate the originality of my analysis from 1-10 -- how much does this read like something you would generate if prompted directly vs. something that shows independent human thinking? (2) Identify the 2-3 most original insights in my analysis -- ideas that go beyond what a standard AI response would produce. (3) Identify any sections that read like generic AI output -- where I likely accepted AI's answer without adding my own thinking. (4) Suggest how I could have pushed further beyond the AI's analysis in the weaker sections. (5) Grade my reasoning receipt: does it show genuine critical engagement or passive acceptance?
Scenario:
My analysis:
My reasoning receipt:
Finally, complete the Thinking Score Card for this exercise: Independent Thinking (1-10), Critical Evaluation (1-10), Reasoning Depth (1-10), Originality (1-10), Self-Awareness (1-10). For each score, give a one-sentence justification.
Discuss with an AI. Question your scores.
Come back when you have your BEST evaluation.
What This Teaches You
You learn that when everyone has the same AI tools, the only differentiator is your thinking. The divergence test reveals whether you used AI as a thinking partner or as an answer machine. The AI grading of your own originality is a mirror — it shows you honestly where your work added value and where it was just AI pass-through.