Cognitive offloading is positively, not negatively, associated with transformative learning experience, contrary to the hypothesized negative effect¶
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q3 i2 Cognitive offloading had a significant positive effect on transformative learning experience (β = 0.333, p < 0.001, f2 = 0.140), contradicting Hypothesis 2b. → Wang 2026
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Wang 2026¶
Wang, S. and Zhang, H. (2026). Pedagogical partnerships with generative AI in higher education: how dual cognitive pathways paradoxically enable transformative learning. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-026-00585-x
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PLS-SEM path analysis in the 912-student survey. Delegation of cognitive tasks to GenAI positively predicted "Transformative Learning Experience", opposite to the theory-derived negative hypothesis.
"Contrary to the hypothesized negative relationship, Cognitive Offloading also had a significant positive effect on Transformative Learning Experience (β = 0.333, p < 0.001, f2 = 0.140), thus not supporting Hypothesis 2b"
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Related Claims¶
- U-shaped dynamics: partnership-vigilance and offloading-transformation relationships are convex, with benefits accelerating only beyond a threshold of engagement — related
- Cognitive vigilance is positively associated with transformative learning experience — related
- Cognitive offloading tendency is negatively associated with critical thinking, technical problem-solving, and metacognitive self-regulation — related
- Both cognitive vigilance and cognitive offloading mediate the relationship between pedagogical partnership and transformative learning — related
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Cognitive offloading is positively, not negatively, associated with transformative learning experience, contrary to the hypothesized negative effect |
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Cognitive offloading is positively, not negatively, associated with transformative learning experience, contrary to the hypothesized negative effect |
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