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Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
Nataliya Kosmyna, Eugene Hauptmann, Ye Tong Yuan, Jessica Situ, Xian-Hao Liao, Ashly Vivian Beresnitzky, Iris Braunstein, Pattie Maes. (06/2025). arXiv. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872v1
AI tutoring outperforms in-class active learning: an RCT introducing a novel research-based design in an authentic educational setting
Greg Kestin, Kelly Miller, Anna Klales, Timothy Milbourne, Gregorio Ponti. (06/2025). scientific reports. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-97652-6
Integrating emotional intelligence, memory architecture, and gestures to achieve empathetic humanoid robot interaction in an educational setting
Fuze Sun, Lingyu Li, Shixiangyue Meng, Xiaoming Teng, Terry Payne, Paul Craig. (05/2025). arXiv. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.19803v1
SlideItRight: Using AI to Find Relevant Slides and Provide Feedback for Open-Ended Questions
Chloe Qianhui Zhao, Jie Cao, Eason Chen, Kenneth R. Koedinger, Jionghao Lin. (05/2025). arXiv. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.04584v1
Understanding Learner-LLM Chatbot Interactions and the Impact of Prompting Guidelines
Cansu Koyuturk, Emily Theophilou, Sabrina Patania, Gregor Donabauer, Andrea Martinenghi, Chiara Antico, Alessia Telari, Alessia Testa, Sathya Bursic, Franca Garzotto, Davinia Hernandez-Leo, Udo Kruschwitz, Davide Taibi, Simona Amenta, Martin Ruskov, Dimitri Ognibene. (04/2025). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.07840v1
How AI and Human Behaviors Shape Psychosocial Effects of Chatbot Use: A Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Study
Cathy Mengying Fang, Auren R. Liu, Valdemar Danry, Eunhae Lee, Samantha W.T. Chan, Pat Pataranutaporn, Pattie Maes, Jason Phang, Michael Lampe, Lama Ahmad, Sandhini Agarwal. (03/2025). MIT Media Lab. https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/how-ai-and-human-behaviors-shape-psychos…
AI Meets the Classroom: When Do Large Language Models Harm Learning?
Matthias Lehmann, Philipp B. Cornelius, Fabian J. Sting. (03/2025). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.09047
Personalized Parsons Puzzles as Scaffolding Enhance Practice Engagement Over Just Showing LLM-Powered Solutions
Xinying Hou, Zihan Wu, Xu Wang, Barbara J. Ericson. (01/2025). arXiv. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.09210v1
TutorLLM: Customizing Learning Recommendations with Knowledge Tracing and Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Zhaoxing LI, Vahid Yazdanpanah, Jindi Wang, Wen Gu, Lei Shi, Alexandra I. Cristea, Sarah Kiden, Sebastian Stein. (01/2025). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.15709
Al-Supported Data Analysis Boosts Student Motivation and Reduces Stress in Physics Education
Jannik Henze, AndrŽ Bresges, Sebastian Becker-Genschow. (12/2024). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.20951
ChatGPT In Lesson Preparation: A Teacher Choices Trial Evaluation Report
Palak Roy, Helen Poet, Ruth Staunton, Katherine Aston, David Thomas. (12/2024). Education Endowment Foundation. https://d2tic4wvo1iusb.cloudfront.net/production/documents/projects/chatgpt_in_…
Building Bridges - AI Custom Chatbots as Mediators between Mathematics and Physics
Julia Lademann, Jannik Henze, Sebastian Becker-Genschow. (12/2024). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.15747
Beware of Metacognitive Laziness: Effects of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Learning Motivation, Processes, and Performance
Yizhou Fan, Luzhen Tang, Huixiao Le, Kejie Shen, Shufang Tan, Yueying Zhao, Yuan Shen, Xinyu Li, Dragan Gasevic. (12/2024). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.09315
Augmenting Minds Or Automating Skills? The Differential Role Of Human Capital In Generative Ai's Impact On Creative Tasks
Meiling Huang, Ming Jin, Ning Li. (12/2024). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.03963
Cognitive ease at a cost: LLMs reduce mental effort but compromise depth in student scientific inquiry
Matthias Stadler, Maria Bannert, Michael Sailer. (11/2024). Computers in Human Behavior. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563224002541?via%3Dihub
Exploring the Effectiveness of AI Course Assistants on the Student Learning Experience
George Hanshaw, Joanna Vance, Craig Brewer. (11/2024). Open Praxis. https://openpraxis.org/articles/719/files/6765805344fd4.pdf
PromptHive: Bringing Subject Matter Experts Back to the Forefront with Collaborative Prompt Engineering for Educational Content Creation
Mohi Reza, Ioannis Anastasopoulos, Shreya Bhandari, Zachary A. Pardos. (10/2024). arXiv. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.16547v1
Emotionally Enriched Feedback Via Generative AI
Omar Alsaiari, Nilufar Baghaei, Hatim Lahza, Jason M. Lodge, Marie Boden, Hassan Khosravi. (10/2024). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.15077
PAIGE: Examining Learning Outcomes and Experiences with Personalized AI-Generated Educational Podcasts
Tiffany D. Do, Usama Bin Shafqat, Elsie Ling, Nikhil Sarda. (10/2024). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.04645
GPT-4 as a Homework Tutor can Improve Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes
Alessandro Vanzo, Sankalan Pal Chowdhury, Mrinmaya Sachan. (09/2024). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.15981
Computational Language Analysis Reveals that Process-Oriented Thinking About Belonging Aids the College Transition
Dorottya Demszky, C. Lee Williams, Shannon T. Brady, Shashanka Subrahmanya, Eric Gaudiello, Gregory M. Walton, Johannes C. Eichstaedt. (09/2024). EdWorkingPapers. https://edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai24-1033.pdf
Mentigo: An Intelligent Agent for Mentoring Students in the Creative Problem Solving Process
Siyu Zha, Yujia Liu, Chengbo Zheng, Jiaqi XU, Fuze Yu, Jiangtao Gong, Yingqing XU. (09/2024). arXiv. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.14228v1
Impact of Guidance and Interaction Strategies for LLM Use on Learner Performance and Perception
Harsh Kumar, Ilya Musabirov, Mohi Reza, Jiakai Shi, Xinyuan Wang, Joseph Jay Williams, Anastasia Kuzminykh, Michael Liut. (08/2024). arXiv. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.13712v3
Generative AI Can Harm Learning
Hamsa Bastani, Osbert Bastani, Alp Sungu, Haosen Ge, Ozge Kabaci, Rei Mariman. (07/2024). SSRN. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4895486
Generative AI enhances individual creativity but reduces the collective diversity of novel content
Anil R. Doshi, Oliver P. Hauser. (07/2024). ScienceAdvances. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adn5290
Effectiveness of Using ChatGPT as a Tool to Strengthen Benefits of the Flipped Learning Strategy
Gilberto Huesca, Yolanda Mart’nez-Trevi–o, JosŽ Mart’n Molina-Espinosa, Ana Raquel Sanrom‡n-Calleros, Roberto Mart’nez-Rom‡n, Eduardo Antonio Cendejas-Castro and Raime Bustos. (06/2024). Education Sciences. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14/6/660
Effective and Scalable Math Support: Experimental Evidence on the Impact of an AI- Math Tutor in Ghana
Owen Henkel, Hannah Horne-Robinson, Nessie Kozhakhmetova, Amanda Lee. (05/2024). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.09809
Improving Teaching at Scale: Can AI Be Incorporated Into Professional Development to Create Interactive, Personalized Learning for Teachers?
Yasemin Copur-Gencturk, Jingxian Li, Sebnem Atabas. (05/2024). American Educational Research Journal. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/00028312241248514
ChatGPT-generated help produces learning gains equivalent to human tutor-authored help on mathematics skills
Zachary A. Pardos, Shreya Bhandari. (05/2024). PLOS ONE. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0304013
