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Calibrating LLM Tutor Initiation to Learner Expertise: Proactive and Reactive Support for Computational Thinking
Arun Rai, Liwei Chen, Balasubramaniam Ramesh, Cynthia Breazeal, Yuan Long, Benjamin M. Ampel, Andrea Aria. (11/2026). SSRN. https://bampel.com/uploads/calibrating-llm-tutor-initiation.pdf
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
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 K. Hollingsworth, Jennifer King Rice. (10/2026). EdWorking Papers. https://edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1598
Experimental Evidence on the Learning Impact of Generative AI
Zara Contractor, German Reyes. (10/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.08849
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
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
Generative AI Assisted Workflows In Architectural Conceptual Design: Performance, Creative Self-Efficacy, And Cognitive Load
Yao Xiao, Han Jiang, Rachel Hurley, Shichao Liu. (09/2026). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.10696v2
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
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
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…
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 Gasevic, 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 Gasevic, 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 Y. A. 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 L. 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
