Fourth-graders receiving AI-enhanced media literacy instruction outperformed control-group peers on post-test critical media reading, writing, and total literacy with large effect sizes¶

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Currency · newest study 2025 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i3 Between-group post-test comparisons favored the experimental group on all three subscales, with Cohen's d of 1.12 (Reading), 1.18 (Writing), and 1.31 (Total Literacy). → Demir 2025

Evidence¶

Demir 2025¶

Demir, R., & Akar, C. (2025). Transforming Clicks into Critical Thinking: An AI-Based Media Literacy Program for Children. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6786882/v1

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Between-group post-test comparison (Table 5) of the quasi-experimental pre-test–post-test control group study with 18 experimental and 18 control fourth-graders; independent samples t-tests were significant (e.g., Total p < .001) and Cohen's d values were "1.12 (Reading), 1.18 (Writing), and 1.31 (Total Literacy)".

"Cohen’s d values across subscales—1.12 (Reading), 1.18 (Writing), and 1.31 (Total Literacy)—indicate large effect sizes, thereby reinforcing the transformative capacity of AI-driven pedagogy (Cohen, 1988)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Academic and Critical Literacy — outcome: instruction changes it

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