Qualitative reflections identify developmental inappropriateness (45%), vagueness and repetition (32%), and implementation feasibility (23%) as the main AI limitations¶
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q2 i? Inductive thematic analysis of open-ended reflections coded developmental inappropriateness as the most frequent limitation (45%), followed by vagueness and repetition (32%) and implementation feasibility (23%). → George Efthimiou 2026
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George Efthimiou 2026¶
George Efthimiou, Katerina Plakitsi. (2026). Preservice Early Childhood Educators' Engagement with Generative AI in Science Activity Design: The Case of Magnetism. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/educationsciences doi:10.35542/osf.io/m5erf_v1
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Inductive thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke approach as cited) of open-ended reflection data from the post-interaction instrument. The most frequent limitation theme was content "that exceeds the cognitive level of preschoolers" (45%); vagueness/repetition (32%) and feasibility (23%) followed.
"Developmental Inappropriateness 45% Content that exceeds the cognitive level of preschoolers."
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Qualitative reflections identify developmental inappropriateness (45%), vagueness and repetition (32%), and implementation feasibility (23%) as the main AI limitations |
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Qualitative reflections identify developmental inappropriateness (45%), vagueness and repetition (32%), and implementation feasibility (23%) as the main AI limitations |
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