Engagement with AI-generated educational interactive fiction is marginal, near the neutral midpoint of the scale¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · design r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Engagement averaged M = 3.08 with a 95% CI straddling the neutral midpoint, and the absorption item scored below the midpoint (M = 2.64). → F. Rogosch 2026

Evidence¶

F. Rogosch 2026¶

F. Rogosch, A. Schrader. (2026). AI-Generated Interactive Fiction for Educational Use: A Pilot Study of Perceived Comprehensibility, Coherence, and Engagement. Proceedings of EDULEARN26 Conference. https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2026.1075

q2 · i? · design · r2

Descriptive subscale results from the same pilot (N = 22). Engagement (Cronbach's α = 0.82) had M = 3.08, SD = 1.12, median 3.00; the article reports engagement "hovered near the neutral mid -point with its 95% CI straddling it".

"engagement hovered near the neutral mid -point with its 95% CI straddling it"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Motivation — outcome: instruction changes it

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