Students in a 13-week lecture-free course reported accepting the weekly closed-book gate and rated the format as deeper and faster than lectures¶

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q2 i? End-of-term survey respondents rated the lecture-free, AI-assisted format positively on fit, depth, speed, and expected retention. → Jin-Guo Liu 2026

Evidence¶

Jin-Guo Liu 2026¶

Jin-Guo Liu, Shang-Qi Lu, Xin-Ran Shi, Long-Li Zheng, Wei Wang. (2026). Test-Driven, AI-Assisted Learning: Replacing Lectures with Weekly Closed-Book Tests. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.23315 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2606.23315

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End-of-term voluntary survey (N=18) in the Spring 2026 run of DSAA 3071, a self-selected self-report measure. Respondents "averaged 5.61 on whether the format fit the subject" and 5.50 on learning more deeply; no effect sizes or inferential tests are printed.

"On seven-point items (max = 7), students averaged 5.61 on whether the format fit the subject, 5.50 on whether they learned more deeply, 5.28 on whether they learned faster, and 5.17 on whether they expected to remember the material after a year."

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