Teachers most often perceived AI tutors and study buddies as academic support at a scale no single teacher can provide¶

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q2 i? The most frequently cited benefit, raised by 28 of 33 teachers, was that an AI tutor or study buddy could give individual, patient, and immediate help that class sizes make impossible. → Qing Xiao 2026

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Qing Xiao 2026¶

Qing Xiao, Wenhan Xie, Ziyu Deng, Ruiwei Xiao, Ziyue Feng, Xie He, Shiyu Zhang, John Stamper, Hong Shen, and Xinying Hou. (2026). Exploring K-12 Teachers' Perceptions of Students' Relationships with AI Companions: Boundaries, Intervention Strategies, and Design Implications. arXiv preprint. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.13479 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2609.13479

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In the scenario-based interviews, teachers framed this in terms of their own limits, e.g. "I can't replicate myself 10 times in the classroom" (P16), and some reframed the tutor as an equity tool cheaper than private tutoring.

"The most frequently cited benefit, raised by 28 of 33 teachers, was that an AI tutor or study buddy could give the individual, patient, and immediate help that class sizes make impossible."

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