AI-mediated SSH learning externalizes interpretive cognition as students delegate thematic identification, contextual explanation, and comparative analysis to AI systems¶

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q2 i? Students increasingly delegate thematic identification, contextual explanation, and comparative analysis to AI systems, reducing engagement with ambiguity, complexity, and textual nuance. → Voicu 2026

Evidence¶

Voicu 2026¶

Voicu, C.-G. (2026). AI-Mediated Learning and the Restructuring of Interpretive Cognition: A Developmental-Critical Model for Social Sciences and Humanities Education. Journal of Digital Pedagogy, 5(1), 37–51. https://doi.org/10.61071/jdp.2665

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Result of the abductive analysis of the 42-episode observational corpus, reported in Section 4.1 as one of three macro-transformations. The article states such outputs "reduce opportunities to engage with ambiguity, complexity, and textual nuance" and may encourage shallow reading practices.

"Students increasingly delegate thematic identification, contextual explanation, and comparative analysis to AI systems, reflecting broader dynamics of cognitive acceleration and aligning with both dual-process theories of cognition (Kahneman, 2011) and research on cognitive offloading in digital environments (Wang et al., 2024)."

Discussion¶

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