Without explicit scaffolding, the two lower-agency paths (Passive Review and Direct Question) accounted for 64% of student-AI interactions in the primary sample¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Paths 1 and 2 together accounted for 64% of coded interactions, consistent with the typology's prediction that Strategic Dialogue is unlikely to be students' default mode. → Zahra 2025

Evidence¶

Zahra 2025¶

Zahra, F. T. (2025). Three Pathways of Student-AI Interaction: Constraint-First Design for Higher-Order Thinking. Manuscript under blind review; framework first presented at EAAI-25, Philadelphia, PA. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.00338 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2610.00338

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Content analysis of the 50-message primary sample from open-ended AI access with general guidance but no explicit Path 3 protocols. The article reports "64% of student-AI interactions" in Paths 1 and 2; no effect size is printed.

"Paths 1 and 2 together accounted for 64% of student-AI interactions in the primary sample. This is consistent with the typology’s prediction that Strategic Dialogue is unlikely to be students’ default mode of engagement."

Discussion¶

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