Female students are significantly more likely than male students to use AI for schoolwork and to seek advice from AI tools¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3 · i1 small
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2031: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q3 i1 Females were significantly more likely to report using AI for schoolwork (65.0% vs. 49.5%, OR=1.81) and seeking advice from AI (27.0% vs. 14.1%, OR=2.35). → 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

q3 · i1 · associational · r2

Pre-workshop logistic regression controlling for year level and school on the baseline survey. The article reports "OR=1.81" for schoolwork use and "OR=2.35" for advice-seeking, both significant at p<.05; problem-solving and recreational use differences were not significant.

"Females were significantly more likely to reportusingAIforschoolwork(65.0%vs.49.5%,OR=1.81,p=.045)andseeking advice (27.0% vs. 14.1%, OR=2.35,p=.021)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Gender — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

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