Classroom verification norm is predicted to show threshold behavior and hysteresis rather than a smooth response to teacher-set requirements¶

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q1 i? Below a critical value of the teacher-set verification requirement the class settles into treating model output as authoritative, while above it a self-sustaining regime of critical verification is expected to emerge. → Muminova 2026

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Muminova 2026¶

Muminova, Z. O., Mamatkulov, D. M., Turokulova, R. I., Rakhmonova, N. T., Shavqiyev, O. S. O., & Zoirova, S. U. (2026). The nature of science in the age of generative artificial intelligence: Epistemic authority, materiality, and a synergetic response. EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 22(10), em2943. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/19481

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Theoretical derivation within the article's synergetic coupled-system model, illustrated in Figure 2 with the path followed when the requirement is relaxed. No empirical data are reported; the prediction is offered as falsifiable, and the article states the framework would fail if the norm rose and fell smoothly and proportionally with the requirement.

"The synergetic prediction is that the effect of the control parameter is not linear. Below the critical value, the class is expected to settle into a regime in which model output is treated as authoritative; above it, a regime of critical verification is expected to self-organize and to sustain itself."

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