Assessment design functions as a pedagogical condition shaping how students engage with GenAI during learning¶
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q2 i? Assessment design influences the quality of learner agency in GenAI-mediated environments because it determines what forms of judgment, evidence use, revision, and disclosure are expected and rewarded. → Moganadas SR 2026
Evidence¶
Moganadas SR 2026¶
Moganadas SR, Marín-González F, Nun SH and Gan CL (2026) Generative AI as a didactic-pedagogical mediator: rethinking human roles and pedagogical design in higher education. Front. Educ. 11:1856839. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2026.1856839
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The article argues, within its literature synthesis, that assessment is more than a mechanism for evaluating final outcomes: it also shapes whether students use GenAI to bypass cognitive effort, support drafting and reflection, compare explanations, verify claims, or make reasoning visible. This is a conceptual claim with no empirical effect size reported.
"Assessment design, therefore, influences the quality of learner agency in GenAI-mediated environments because it determines what forms of judgment, evidence use, revision, and disclosure are expected and rewarded."
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Assessment design functions as a pedagogical condition shaping how students engage with GenAI during learning |
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