AI-supported inquiry-based learning did not produce a statistically significant improvement in students' critical problem-solving skills¶

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Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The difference in critical problem-solving skills between the AI-supported inquiry group and the conventional group was not statistically significant; equivalence was not tested. → Mujib 2026

Evidence¶

Mujib 2026¶

Mujib, M., Suherman, S. and Mardiyah, M. (2026) 'Evaluating the Impact of AI-Supported Inquiry-Based Learning on Students’ Creative Mathematical Performance, Critical Problem-Solving Skills, and Attitudes toward Mathematics', Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 142–153. https://doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2026.190204

q2 · i? · causal · r?

Null result from the same quasi-experimental comparison of AI-supported inquiry-based learning and conventional instruction, measured with validated tests. The article reports no statistically significant improvement in critical problem-solving skills and prints no effect size.

"but it did not produce a statistically significant improvement in critical problem-solving skills"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Problem Solving — outcome: instruction changes it

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