Perceived instructor policy is associated with GenAI task use, confidence, reliance, and perceived benefits, with small effect sizes¶

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q2 i? Perceived instructor policy was associated with differences in task use, confidence in GenAI reliability, cognitive reliance, perceived learning and benefits, and course-supported GenAI learning, with effect sizes from ϵ2 = 0.06 to 0.19. → Manikonda 2026

Evidence¶

Manikonda 2026¶

Manikonda, L.; Si, M.; Munira, S.; Seneviratne, O.; Bennett, K. (2026). The Uneven Impact of Generative AI on Student Learning: Examining the Roles of Reliance, Evaluation Literacy, and Course Policy in AI-related Courses. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.18676 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2609.18676

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Kruskal–Wallis tests across the three substantive policy categories (encouraged, allowed with limits, discouraged) with Dunn post-hoc comparisons and FDR correction, N=118. Effects were "generally small and ranged fromϵ2 = 0.06to0.19"; the largest was confidence in one's skillset after using GenAI (ϵ2 = 0.19).

"Perceived instructor policy was asso- ciated with several items, although effect sizes were gener- ally small and ranged fromϵ2 = 0.06to0.19."

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