Most students posed one to three questions to the chatbot, with a minority showing substantially higher engagement¶

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q2 i? Of 63 students, 37 asked 1-3 questions, 13 asked 4-6, and 13 asked seven or more, including a first grader who asked 21 questions. → Saniya Vahedian Movahed and Fred Martin 2025

Evidence¶

Saniya Vahedian Movahed and Fred Martin 2025¶

Saniya Vahedian Movahed and Fred Martin. (2025). Ask Me Anything: Exploring children's attitudes toward an age-tailored AI-powered chatbot. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.14217 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2502.14217

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Quantitative analysis of interaction logs from the 63-student school study measured engagement by questions posed: "The majority (37 of 63 students) showed moderate interaction (1 to 3 questions)", with 13 students asking 4-6 and a standout first-grader asking 21 questions (Figure 4).

"The majority (37 of 63 students) showed moderate interaction (1 to 3 questions). A cohort of 13 students had substantial interaction (4 to 6 questions)."

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