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Prompt-Based Emotional Scaffolding In Generative AI: Effects On Self-Regulated Learning And Socio-Emotional Outcomes

Elena-Alexandra Diordiev, Valdemar Aksel Stenberdt, Guido Makransky. (10/2026). British Journal of Educational Technology. https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjet.70094
Not Faster, But Better: Generative AI And Teacher Skill In Peru

Carla Z. Glave, Carolina Lopez, Ezequiel Molina, Roman Andres Zarate. (10/2026). World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099309210012625906
Experimental Evidence on the Learning Impact of Generative AI

Zara Contractor, German Reyes. (10/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.08849
The Effects Of Course-Integrated AI Tutoring On Student Performance And Engagement: A Randomized University Trial

Jing Liu, Tracy Sweet, Marty Haoyuan Chen, Jonathan Engelberg, Megan C. Masters, Martyn Clark, Axel Persaud, Alia Lancaster, Jeffrey Hollingsworth, Jennifer King Rice. (10/2026). EdWorking Papers. https://edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1598
Studentbench: AI And Human Tutoring Yield Equivalent Gre Learning Gains

Curtis Northcutt, Inaara Hasmani, Kevin Feng, Trevor Khangi, Andreas Plesner, Jonas Mueller. (09/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.28470?utm_source=chatgpt.com
When AI Tutors Speak: Evidence From A Randomized Field Experiment

Shihao Yang, Marshall Van Alstyne, Chrysanthos Dellarocas. (09/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.23958v1
A Brief AI Literacy Intervention Does Not Significantly Reduce Over-Reliance And Increases Under-Reliance On ChatGPT: A Randomized Study

Brett Puppart, Jaan Aru. (09/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.10556
Biased AI Improves Human Performance But Reduces Perceived Helpfulness

Shiyang Lai, Jiwoong Choi, Junsol Kim, Nadav Kunievsky, Yujin Potter, James Evans. (09/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09297v4
Your Programming Students' Cognition With ChatGPT: Higher Performance, Lower Retention, And Reduced Ownership

Christian Bergh, Benjamin Tag, Alexandra Vassar, Jake Renzella. (09/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.21194v1
AI Literacy Over Tool Design: A Mixed-Methods Study Of Scaffolded Versus Unrestricted Generative AI In Programming Education

Sepinoud Azimi. (09/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.16784v1
Enhancing Procedural Writing Through Personalized Example Retrieval: A Case Study On Cooking Recipes

Paola Mejia-Domenzain, Jibril Frej, Seyed Parsa Neshaei, Luca Mouchel, Tanya Nazaretsky, Thiemo Wambsganss, Antoine Bosselut, Tanja Kaser. (09/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.17118v1
Evaluating AI Tutoring At The Speed Of Innovation: Practitioner-Led Micro-Randomised Trials Of An AI Tutoring Platform In Gcse Science

Wayne Harrison, Rahil Khowaja, Emma Dobson, Germaine Uwimpuhwe, Steve Higgins. (09/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.14789v1
Learning To Prompt: Improving Student Engagement With Adaptive LLM-Based High-School Tutoring

Po-Chin Chang, Nicholas Hogan, Aske Plaat, Michiel T. van der Meer. (08/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.20138v2
AI, Expert Or Peer? Provider Biases And Feedback Uptake Among Pre-Service Teachers

Lucas Jasper Jacobsen, Ute Mertens, Thorben Jansen, Kira Elena Weber. (08/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16013v2
Does Generative AI Narrow Education-Based Productivity Gaps? Evidence From A Randomized Experiment

Guillermo Cruces, Diego Fernandez Meijide, Sebastian Galiani, Ramiro Galvez, Maria Lombardi. (08/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.04198v1
Reflection-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. https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04630v2
Virtual Tutoring with Computer-Assisted Learning: An Experiment in Take-Up and Learning

Philip Oreopoulos, Ruochong Dong, Nina Low. (08/2026). NBER. https://www.nber.org/papers/w35622?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_sourc…
Making AI Tutoring Productive: Evidence from a Mastery-Based Math Practice Experiment

Philip Oreopoulos, Michael Liut, Alp Sungu, Nina Low. (08/2026). NBER. https://www.nber.org/papers/w35621?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_sourc…
One Click Away: AI Tutoring with Khanmigo in a Two-Year School Experiment

Philip Oreopoulos, Nina Low. (08/2026). NBER. https://www.nber.org/papers/w35620
Is Solving Better Than Evaluating Genai Solutions?

Ethan Dickey, Marios Mertzanidis, Alexandros Psomas. (07/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.27586v1
The Agency Gap In AI-Supported Writing: How Reactive And Proactive Agent Designs Shape Multimodal Reasoning

Yueqiao Jin, Kaixun Yang, Roberto Martinez-Maldonado, Dragan Gašević, Lixiang Yan. (07/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04398v3
Emergent Learner Agency In Implicit Human-AI Collaboration: How Supportive And Contrarian AI Personas Reshape Interaction

Yueqiao Jin, Roberto Martinez-Maldonado, Dragan Gašević, Xibin Han, Lixiang Yan. (07/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.18239v3
Teachy 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. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.22345v1
AI For Proactive Mental Health: A Longitudinal, Multi-Institutional Trial

Julie Youko Anne Cachia, Xuan Zhao, John Hunter, Delancey Wu, Eta Lin, Julian De Freitas. (07/2026). New England Journal of Medicine Group. https://ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/AIoa2501293
Generative AI Can Harm Teaching

Alp Sungu, Benjamin Lira, Angela Lee Duckworth. (07/2026). SSRN. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7007339
Learning 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. https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22770v2
Learning 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. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.10101v1
Reflective Dialogue or Prompt Refinement? Effects of Tutor Scaffolding on Students' Independent LLM Use for Programming

Jérôme Brender, Laila El-Hamamsy, Kim Uittenhove, Aitor Perez, Patrick Jermann, Francesco Mondada, Engin Bumbacher. (07/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.03303v1
Reflective 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. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.03303v1
Let’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 Ehinomen Eremionkhale, Michael Evans, Shelby Frost, Eye Eoun Jung. (07/2026). NBER. https://www.nber.org/papers/w35397?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_sourc…