Trained students more often identify and remediate GenAI deficiencies such as visual errors and reasoning flaws¶
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q2 i? Control students rarely successfully identified and addressed GenAI limitations, while many trained students identified deficiencies and derived correct results using appropriate strategies. → Huang 2026
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Huang 2026¶
Huang, B., Xie, L., Liu, Y., Liu, X., Tang, H., Feng, X., Qiao, C., Guo, Q., Wu, C., & Bao, L. (2026). From answer machine to collaborative partner: impact of structured generative AI training on scientific problem solving in STEM education. International Journal of STEM Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-026-00652-9
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Qualitative transcript analysis (RQ4). Illustrative cases include student D pointing out a visual error on an electromagnetic induction question, after which GenAI generated the correct answer, and student F identifying a graph-matching error that GenAI corrected.
"In contrast, many students in the experimental group identified deficiencies in GenAI's outputs and derived the correct results by applying appropriate strategies"
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Trained students more often identify and remediate GenAI deficiencies such as visual errors and reasoning flaws |
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Trained students more often identify and remediate GenAI deficiencies such as visual errors and reasoning flaws |
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