Multi-tool GenAI users report higher support, reliance, and benefit than single-tool users, but lower confidence working without GenAI¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Multi-tool users reported higher responses than single-tool users on nearly all significant items, with the largest difference for improved academic-work quality (rrb = −0.53). → Manikonda 2026 q2 i? Single-tool users reported greater confidence in completing tasks without GenAI than multi-tool users (rrb = +0.25). → Manikonda 2026 (2)

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

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Item-level group comparison using two-sided Mann–Whitney U tests with rank-biserial correlation effect sizes, FDR-corrected, in the N=118 survey. Multi-tool users scored higher, e.g. "improved academic-work quality (rrb =−0.53)".

"The largest differences were for improved academic-work quality (rrb =−0.53), retention of course material (−0.49), using GenAI to evaluate work (−0.48), improving work quality (−0.45), and breaking down complex problems (−0.44)."

Manikonda 2026 (2)¶

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

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Same FDR-corrected item-level comparison analysis. The exception to the multi-tool pattern: "single-toolusersreportedgreaterconfidence in completing tasks without GenAI (rrb = +0.25)".

"The one exception was confidence withoutGenAI:single-toolusersreportedgreaterconfidence in completing tasks without GenAI (rrb = +0.25)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Self-Efficacy — outcome: instruction changes it

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