Effects of GenAI availability on self-reported understanding are insignificant; effects on interest are significant only under the transient-COVID assumption¶
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q2 i? Under persistent COVID effects, no change in median self-reported understanding, subject interest, or relative workload in more susceptible courses; under transient COVID effects, a modest increase in interest and decrease in relative workload. → Dumlao 2026
Evidence¶
Dumlao 2026¶
Dumlao, J. M. Z., Wang, M., Xie, Z., Hu, J., Bar, I., Chaney, G., III, Gold, H., & Teplitskiy, M. (2026). Generative AI Availability, Grades, and Student Satisfaction at a Large University. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.21534 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2607.21534
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Course-evaluation DiD on median Likert scores for understanding, interest, and relative workload at the offering level. The article reports results depend on COVID modeling; the full evaluation table (Appendix F, Table 12) lies beyond the supplied text, so no effect sizes are available.
"If COVID effects are persistent, we find no change in median self-reported understanding, subject interest, or relative workload in more susceptible courses after ChatGPT. If COVID effects are transient, we estimate a modest increase in interest and decrease in relative workload."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Motivation — outcome: instruction changes it
- Interest — outcome: instruction changes it
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Effects of GenAI availability on self-reported understanding are insignificant; effects on interest are significant only under the transient-COVID assumption |
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Effects of GenAI availability on self-reported understanding are insignificant; effects on interest are significant only under the transient-COVID assumption |
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2026 |
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2026-10-20 |
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