Regional context moderates GenAI effects: positive in China and Pakistan, negative in Korea and Turkey¶

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q2 i? The review attributes positive GenAI effects in China and Pakistan to addressing educational resource inequity, and negative effects in Korea and Turkey to cultural preferences for teacher-student interaction, curricular misalignment, and technical limitations. → Ying Dong 2026

Evidence¶

Ying Dong 2026¶

Ying Dong. (2026). Generative AI technologies and educational outcomes: a comprehensive meta-analysis comparing traditional and AI-driven approaches. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-06903-y

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Narrative review synthesis attributing regional variation to resource equity and cultural factors; the review reports, citing So et al. and Yilmaz et al., that GenAI's interactive modes "could weaken teachers' authority" in Korean universities and materials deviated from national curricula in Turkey.

"the effect of GenAI technologies on educational outcomes proved negative in Korea and Turkey, possibly due to their cultural preferences for traditional teacher-student interaction (So et al., 2024), curricular misalignment (Yilmaz et al., 2024), and technical limitations, such as algorithm bias and low-quality training data"

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