AI readiness is the strongest predictor of K-12 teachers' positive beliefs about GenAI's instructional impact, with the model explaining 50% of variance¶
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q3 i? In a five-country survey regression, AI readiness was the dominant predictor of positive AI impact beliefs (B = .59, p < .001; R² = .50). → Xiu RL 2026
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Xiu RL 2026¶
Xiu RL, Aguilar SJ, Macías AJ, Shikanova A, Al-Sulaiti R, Junjunia M and Jebril ST (2026) K-12 in-service teachers’ beliefs about generative AI in classrooms: insights from the United States, India, Qatar, Colombia, and the Philippines. Front. Educ. 11:1929017. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2026.1929017
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Multiple regression (Model 1) on survey data from 1,405 K-12 teachers in five countries, N = 1,204 analyzed. "AI Readiness was the dominant predictor" with B = .59 and the model explained "50% of the variance in Positive AI Impact Beliefs". A sensitivity analysis with a two-item AIR composite yielded B = .15, p < .001.
"The first regression model explained 50% of the variance in Positive AI Impact Beliefs (R2 = .50; p < .001; Table 5), a notably large effect for a cross-national survey study. AI Readiness was the dominant predictor [B = .59, 95% CI (.52, .66), p < .001]"
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AI readiness is the strongest predictor of K-12 teachers' positive beliefs about GenAI's instructional impact, with the model explaining 50% of variance |
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AI readiness is the strongest predictor of K-12 teachers' positive beliefs about GenAI's instructional impact, with the model explaining 50% of variance |
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2031 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-11 |
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