Lower-experience students used GPTs as conceptual tutors while technically stronger students used them as professional collaborators, consistent with adaptive scaffolding¶
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q2 i? Lower-experience students frequently employed GPTs as conceptual tutors requesting simplified analogies or incremental steps. → Jason Zagami 2026
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Jason Zagami 2026¶
Jason Zagami. (2026). Generative AI as a cognitive partner: personalised GPTs and differentiated learning in undergraduate teacher education. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-026-10746-4
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Interpretive analysis of logs and reflections in the 14-student cohort; Student 14 reported the binary-data LEGO-block analogy, and Student 7 used the GPT to critique a Year 9 programming lesson plan and co-design a reflection form. The article states the evidence is "interpretive rather than experimental".
"Lower-experience students frequently employed GPTs as conceptual tutors, asking for simplified analogies or incremental problem-solving steps."
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Related Claims¶
- Students used GPT dialogue to manage perceived conceptual complexity, with simplification the most evident cognitive load management strategy, though cognitive load was not measured directly — related
- Within this LMS-integrated design, personalised GPT use fell into four recurring cognitive partnership roles: conceptual tutor, co-designer, reflective mirror, and cognitive challenger — related
- Educators redefined AI's educational role from answer provider to learning partner and tutor supporting conceptual understanding — related
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Lower-experience students used GPTs as conceptual tutors while technically stronger students used them as professional collaborators, consistent with adaptive scaffolding |
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Lower-experience students used GPTs as conceptual tutors while technically stronger students used them as professional collaborators, consistent with adaptive scaffolding |
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