For Grade 5 students the AI peer elicited more factual statements but far fewer Feelings utterances than the teacher, with no significant differences in Findings or Future¶

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q2 i? The AI was significantly more effective at eliciting Facts (t(6)=2.76, p=.033), while the teacher prompted vastly more Feelings utterances (t(6)=−6.54, p<.001); Findings and Future showed no significant differences. → Liao 2026

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Liao 2026¶

Liao, C.-Y. (2026). Beyond a single role: Justifying a role-adaptive framework for ai companions through a comparative study in elementary book talk. Education and Information Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-026-13958-6

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Same 4F content analysis, Grade 5 subgroup (n=7), paired t-tests on utterance counts. The AI elicited more Facts; the teacher elicited more Feelings; Findings (t=0.15, p=.88) and Future (t=−1.02, p=.34) were non-significant. No effect size printed.

"The AI peer was significantly more effective at eliciting factual statements (‘Facts’, t(6) = 2.76, p =.033), suggesting its utility for comprehension checks with older stu - dents. However, this came at a significant cost to emotional reflection; the human teacher prompted a vastly greater number of ‘Feelings’ utterances ( t(6) = −6.54, p <.001). For the other analytical categories (‘Findings’ and ‘Future’), no significant differences were found between the two conditions for this age group."

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