GenAI Tutor adoption was widespread but usage intensity was highly skewed, with adoption peaking early in the semester while intensity rose steadily¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Among 11,406 students, 60.8% used the GenAI Tutor at least once, with a median of 5 sessions and a highly skewed distribution (25th percentile = 1; 75th percentile = 19). → Youjie Chen 2026

Evidence¶

Youjie Chen 2026¶

Youjie Chen, Xixi Shi, Xinyu Liu, Shuaiguo Wang, Tracy Xiao Liu, Dragan Gašević. (2026). Not All Students Engage Alike: Multi-Institution Patterns in GenAI Tutor Use. arXiv preprint. https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.00447 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2602.00447

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Descriptive analysis of Spring 2025 interaction logs from the ten institutions and 200 classes with the highest adoption rates. Adoption was 60.8% with a median of 5 sessions; the distribution was "highly skewed, with a small number of students highly active" (25th percentile = 1; 75th percentile = 19).

"Among the 11,406 students, 6,932 (60.8%) engaged with the GenAI Tutor at least once. Among those who used the GenAI Tutor, students generated a median of 5 conversation sessions."

Discussion¶

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