A moderate negative correlation exists between cognitive offloading tendency and critical thinking while the constructs remain empirically distinct¶
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q2 i? Cognitive offloading tendency correlated negatively with critical thinking, yet Fornell-Larcker and HTMT criteria confirmed discriminant validity. → Davor I 2026
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Davor I 2026¶
Davor I, Larbi E and Boateng FO (2026). Artificial intelligence-supported learning and higher-order cognitive outcomes: the mediating role of metacognitive self-regulation. Front. Educ. 11:1855869. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2026.1855869
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Validity analysis of the measurement model in the 533-student sample; Table 7 reports the offloading–critical thinking Pearson correlation as −.345***, and HTMT values ranged between 0.514 and 0.755, below the 0.90 threshold, supporting distinct constructs. No standardized effect size is printed in the quoted finding sentence, so no magnitude is asserted here.
"Although a moderate negative correlation was observed between cognitive offloading tendency and critical thinking (see Figure 2), both the Fornell-Larcker and HTMT criteria confirm that these constructs remain distinct despite their conceptual relatedness."
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A moderate negative correlation exists between cognitive offloading tendency and critical thinking while the constructs remain empirically distinct |
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A moderate negative correlation exists between cognitive offloading tendency and critical thinking while the constructs remain empirically distinct |
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