Students evolved from passive users of GenAI to critical evaluators, developing strategies for bias detection and source validation¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r1 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Over the course, students evolved from passive users to critical evaluators of GenAI output, developing strategies for bias detection and source validation. → Rana 2025

Evidence¶

Rana 2025¶

Rana, V., Verhoeven, B., & Sharma, M. (2025). Generative AI in Design Thinking Pedagogy: Enhancing Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Ethical Reasoning in Higher Education. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 22(4). https://doi.org/10.53761/tjse2f36

q2 · i? · qualitative · r1

Finding from the mixed-methods analysis of 112 student reflections in the 12-week GenAI-integrated design thinking course; the article reports that "Students evolved from passive users to critical evaluators." No effect size is printed.

"Students evolved from passive users to critical evaluators, developing strategies for bias detection and source validation."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Critical Thinking — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

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• Reviewed literature reports risks of overreliance, AI errors in complex tasks, and students' uncritical acceptance of AI-generated outputs — a broader claim this one bears on
• In unguided GenAI collaboration, ethnic minority preparatory students’ strategy talk co-occurred with passive sharing and uncritical acceptance, forming a plan-and-paste loop — reports the opposite
• Critical AI literacy emerged as both a learning-design goal and a condition of teachers' professional mediation — related
• Students' main AI challenges are content reliability and depth, and most expect AI to serve as tutor, creative partner, and critical thinking partner rather than mere content generator — related