Neither GenAI intervention outperformed standard ChatGPT control on effort, domain-specific knowledge, or elaboration-based strategy use¶
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q3 i? No statistically significant advantages of either intervention over the control condition were found for effort, domain-specific knowledge, or elaboration-based strategy use. → Tim Fütterer 2026
Evidence¶
Tim Fütterer 2026¶
Tim Fütterer, Lisa Bardach, Jochen Kuhn, Stefan Daniel Keller, Peter Gerjets. (2026). Enhancing School Students’ Self-Regulated Learning through Generative AI Support: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-026-10133-8
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Null findings from the three-condition RCT comparing both GenAI interventions against standard ChatGPT use without pedagogical prompting. "no statistically significant advantages of either intervention over the control condition were found" for the three named outcomes; equivalence was not tested.
"However, no statistically significant advantages of either intervention over the control condition were found for effort, domain-specific knowledge, or elaboration-based strategy use."
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Neither GenAI intervention outperformed standard ChatGPT control on effort, domain-specific knowledge, or elaboration-based strategy use |
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Neither GenAI intervention outperformed standard ChatGPT control on effort, domain-specific knowledge, or elaboration-based strategy use |
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