Both male and female students show statistically significant medium-sized gains in AI knowledge and confidence after a one-day AI literacy workshop¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q3 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i2 Both genders showed significant post-intervention gains in AI knowledge (Male d=.63; Female d=.57) and AI confidence (Male d=.58; Female d=.64). → Jake Renzella 2026

Evidence¶

Jake Renzella 2026¶

Jake Renzella, Christian Bergh, Natasha Banks, and Alexandra Vassar. (2026). Gender Differences in AI Literacy Workshop Outcomes and Deepfake Engagement. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.14718 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2606.14718

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Within-gender pre–post OLS comparisons (outcome ~ phase + year level + school) on npost = 136 students. All four reported effects are medium by the article's thresholds, e.g. "d=.63" for male AI knowledge, all p<.001.

"Both genders showed statistically significant post-intervention gains in AI knowl- edge (Male:d=.63, medium; Female:d=.57, medium), and AI confidence (Male:d=.58, medium), (Female:d=.64, medium) (Table 3)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Digital Literacy — outcome: instruction changes it

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