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Making AI Tutoring Productive: Evidence from a Mastery-Based Math Practice Experiment
Philip Oreopoulos, Michael Liut, Alp Sungu, Nina Low. (08/2026). NBER.
What is the application? Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Middle School (6-8)
Why use AI? Outcomes – Numeracy, Outcomes – Differentiation
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialOne Click Away: AI Tutoring with Khanmigo in a Two-Year School Experiment
Philip Oreopoulos, Nina Low. (08/2026). NBER.
… transform education by providing every student a personal tutor. We provide some of the first large-scale experimental … randomly assigned students used Khan Academy with its AI tutor, Khanmigo, configured to coach rather than give … AI assistance. One explanation is that students used the tutor infrequently and, when they did, rarely engaged it in …What is the application? Teaching – Assessment and Feedback, Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student, Educator
Which age? Middle School (6-8)
Why use AI? Outcomes – Numeracy, Outcomes – Differentiation
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialVirtual Tutoring with Computer-Assisted Learning: An Experiment in Take-Up and Learning
Philip Oreopoulos, Ruochong Dong, Nina Low. (08/2026). NBER.
What is the application? Teaching – Assessment and Feedback, Learning – Student Support, Analyzing
Who is the user? Student, Parent/Caregiver, Educator
Which age? Elementary (PK5), Middle School (6-8)
Why use AI? Efficiency, Outcomes – Numeracy
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialReflection-Satisfaction Tradeoff: Investigating Impact Of Reflection On Student Engagement With AI-Generated Programming Hints
Heeryung Choia, Tung Phungb, Mengyan Wu, Adish Singlab, Christopher Brooksa. (08/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Outcomes – Other Academic, Outcomes – Social Emotional, Outcomes – Durable Skills
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled Trial, Quantitative – OthersIs Solving Better Than Evaluating Genai Solutions?
Ethan Dickey, Marios Mertzanidis, Alexandros Psomas. (07/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Outcomes – Other Academic, Outcomes – Durable Skills, Reimagined Schooling
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialThe Agency Gap In AI-Supported Writing: How Reactive And Proactive Agent Designs Shape Multimodal Reasoning
Yueqiao Jin, Kaixun Yang, Roberto Martinez-Maldonado, Dragan Gasevic, Lixiang Yan. (07/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Teaching – Assessment and Feedback, Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Efficiency, Outcomes – Literacy, Outcomes – Other Academic, Outcomes – Differentiation, Outcomes – Durable Skills
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialEmergent Learner Agency In Implicit Human-AI Collaboration: How Supportive And Contrarian AI Personas Reshape Interaction
Yueqiao Jin, Roberto Martinez-Maldonado, Dragan Gasevic, Xibin Han, Lixiang Yan. (07/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Communicating / Social Tools
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Outcomes – Durable Skills
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialTeachy Mini: Development And Preliminary Evaluation Of A Knowledge-Based Generative Social Robot For Higher Education
Stephan Vonschallen, Karim Kaufmann, Dominique Oberle, Friederike Eyssel, Theresa Schmiedel. (07/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Teaching – Instructional Materials, Teaching – Assessment and Feedback, Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Outcomes – Other Academic, Outcomes – Differentiation, Other
Study design: Descriptive – Product Development, Impact – Randomized Controlled Trial, Technical – ComputationalGenerative AI Can Harm Teaching
Alp Sungu, Benjamin Lira, Angela L. Duckworth. (07/2026). SSRN.
What is the application? Teaching – Instructional Materials, Teaching – Assessment and Feedback, Organizing
Who is the user? Educator
Which age? Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)
Why use AI? Efficiency, Outcomes – Literacy, Outcomes – Numeracy, Outcomes – Other Academic, Outcomes – Differentiation, Outcomes – Social Emotional
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialLearning In Blocks: A Multi Agent Debate Assisted Personalized Adaptive Learning Framework For Language Learning
Nicy Scaria, Silvester John Joseph Kennedy, Deepak Subramani. (07/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Teaching – Assessment and Feedback
Who is the user? Student
Which age?
Why use AI? Outcomes – Literacy, Outcomes – Differentiation
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled Trial, Technical – ComputationalLearning Behavior Accounts For Background-Related Advantage In AI-Assisted Education
Jingwei Yi, Yueqi Xie, Jiyan He, Rui Ye, Junming Huang, Bin Zhu, Sean Rintel, Yu Xie, Xing Xie, Fangzhao Wu. (07/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Outcomes – Other Academic, Outcomes – Differentiation
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialReflective Dialogue Or Prompt Refinement? Effects Of Tutor Scaffolding On Students' ndependent LLM Use For Programming
Jérôme Brender, Laila El-Hamamsy, Kim Uittenhove, Aitor Perez, Patrick Jermann, Francesco Mondada, Engin Bumbacher. (07/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Outcomes – Other Academic, Outcomes – Durable Skills
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialLet’s Chat: Leveraging Chatbot Outreach for Improved Course Performance
Katharine E. Meyer, Lindsay C. Page, Catherine Mata, Eric Smith, Brendan Tyler Walsh, Candice L. Fifield, Michelle Tyson, Amy E. Eremionkhale, Michael Evans, Shelby Frost, Eye Eoun Jung. (07/2026). NBER.
What is the application? Teaching – Assessment and Feedback, Learning – Student Support, Communicating / Social Tools, Analyzing
Who is the user? Student, Educator
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Efficiency, Outcomes – Other Academic, Outcomes – Differentiation, Outcomes – Durable Skills
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialExploring The Value Of Diverse LLM Explanations In Introductory Programming
Seth Bernstein, Paul Denny, Juho Leinonen, Kush Patel, Rayhona Nasimova, Matt Littlefield, Stephen MacNeil. (06/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Outcomes – Other Academic, Outcomes – Differentiation
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialSycophantic AI makes human interaction feel more effortful and less satisfying over time
Lujain Ibrahim, Franziska Sofia Hafner, Myra Cheng, Cinoo Lee, Rebecca Anselmetti, Robb Willer, Luc Rocher, Diyi Yang. (06/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Learning – Student Support, Communicating / Social Tools
Who is the user? Others
Which age? High School (9-12), Post-Secondary, Adult
Why use AI? Outcomes – Social Emotional, Outcomes – Durable Skills
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialDo Gains From Generative AI-Enabled Adaptive Pretesting Persist? Evidence From A Retention Study
Mahir Akgun, Sacip Toker. (06/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Outcomes – Other Academic, Outcomes – Durable Skills
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialAccess is Not Enough: Human Support Improves Engagement with AI Tutoring
Carly D. Robinson, David Gormley, Ana Trindade Ribeiro, Susanna Loeb. (06/2026). EdWorking Papers.
What is the application? Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Elementary (PK5)
Why use AI? Outcomes – Literacy, Outcomes – Differentiation
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialLearning To Prompt: Improving Student Engagement With Adaptive LLM-Based High-School Tutoring
Po-Chin Chang, Nicholas Hogan, Aske Plaat, Michiel T. van der Meer. (06/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Teaching – Assessment and Feedback, Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? High School (9-12)
Why use AI? Efficiency, Outcomes – Differentiation, Outcomes – Durable Skills
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled Trial, Technical – ComputationalContaminated Collaboration: Measuring Gender Bias Transfer In LLM-Assisted Student Writing
Ariyan Hossain, Kazi Kamruzzaman Rabbi, Farig Sadeque, S M Taiabul Haque. (06/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Reimagined Schooling
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialFrom Planning To Revision: How AI Writing Support At Different Stages Alters Ownership
Katy Ilonka Gero, Tao Long, Carly Schnitzler, Paramveer S. Dhillon. (06/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Teaching – Assessment and Feedback, Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary, Adult
Why use AI? Outcomes – Literacy
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialIntelicit: Eliciting And Assessing Contextualized Creativity Via Dialogue Policy Optimization
Mingjia Li, Jin Wu, Hong Qian, Wenhao Huang, Yiyang Huang, Yiwen Zhang, Chanjin Zheng, Xiangfeng Wang, Aimin Zhou, Jiajun Guo. (06/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Teaching – Assessment and Feedback
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Outcomes – Durable Skills
Study design: Descriptive – Product Development, Impact – Randomized Controlled Trial, Technical – ComputationalExamining The Usage Of Generative AI Models In Student Learning Activities For Software Programming
Rufeng Chen, Shuaishuai Jiang, AJung Moon, Jiyun Shen, Lili Wei. (06/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Efficiency, Outcomes – Other Academic, Outcomes – Differentiation
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialThe Role Of Instructional Guidance In Generative AI-Assisted Learning: Empirical Evidence From Construction Engineering Education
Xiaoyu Hou, Bo Xiao, Hexu Liu, Shane Mueller. (06/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Outcomes – Other Academic, Outcomes – Differentiation, Outcomes – Durable Skills
Study design: Descriptive – Product Development, Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialAI Assistance For Discretionary Work: Increasing Feedback Provision In Higher Education
ROMINA MAHINPEI, VICTORIA DEAN, RUTH FONG, LYDIA T. LIU, MANOEL HORTA RIBEIRO. (06/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Teaching – Assessment and Feedback
Who is the user? Educator
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Outcomes – Differentiation
Study design: Descriptive – Implementation and Use, Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialAccess Timing As Scaffolding: A Reinforcement Learning Approach To Genai In Education
Janne Rotter, Pau Benazet i Montobbio, Davinia Hern√°ndez-Leo. (05/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Efficiency, Outcomes – Other Academic, Outcomes – Social Emotional
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled Trial, Quantitative – OthersThe Hidden Cost Of Contextual Sycophancy: An AI Literacy Intervention In Human-AI Collaboration
Cansu Koyuturk, Sabrina Guidotti, Dimitri Ognibene. (05/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Outcomes – Durable Skills
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialGenerative AI And The Productivity Divide: Human AI Complementarities In Education And Knowledge Work (Working Paper)
Bharat Anand, Lihi Idan. (05/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Efficiency, Outcomes – Durable Skills, Reimagined Schooling
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled TrialTeaching with Gemini: Measuring the impact of Guided Learning on student mathematics progress in Sierra Leone
LearnLM Team, Google & Fab AI. (05/2026). Google.
What is the application? Teaching – Instructional Materials, Teaching – Professional Learning, Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student, Educator
Which age? Middle School (6-8)
Why use AI? Efficiency, Outcomes – Numeracy
Study design: Descriptive – Implementation and Use, Impact – Randomized Controlled Trial, Impact – Quasi–experimentalCan Providing Feedback On Gaze And Mental-Effort Synchrony Improve Pair Programming Performance?
Anahita Golrang, Kshitij Sharma. (05/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Efficiency, Outcomes – Other Academic, Outcomes – Social Emotional
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled Trial, Quantitative – OthersInvestigating The Effects Of Different Levels Of User Control In An Interactive Educational Recommender System
QURAT UL AIN, MOHAMED AMINE CHATTI, WILLIAM KANA TSOPLEFACK, RAWAA ALA TRASH, SHOEB JOARDER. (05/2026). arXiv.
What is the application? Learning – Student Support
Who is the user? Student
Which age? Post-Secondary
Why use AI? Outcomes – Differentiation, Other
Study design: Impact – Randomized Controlled Trial
