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secondary education

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Chinese secondary students complete homework with digital assistance before taking a separate closed-book assessment observed by a teacher

Journal Paper2026

Generative AI adoption was linked to higher homework scores but lower unaided exams in a 26,811-student panel

David Strömberg, Victor Lei, Yanhui Wu

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 21577

A CEPR discussion paper analyzes 30 months of records from 26,811 Chinese students in Grades 7–12. Its difference-in-differences estimates associate generative-AI adoption with homework scores 18% higher and completion time 30% lower, but with substantial declines on closed-book and entrance examinations.

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Editorial cover for a secondary-school randomized trial of motivational and cognitive generative-AI learning prompts

Journal Paper2026

Journal Paper 32

Enhancing School Students' Self-Regulated Learning through Generative AI Support: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Tim Fütterer, Lisa Bardach, Jochen Kuhn, Stefan Daniel Keller, Peter Gerjets

Educational Psychology Review

A preregistered three-arm trial with 371 German students in Grades 7–9 found limited advantages for theory-informed GPT-4o prompts over standard ChatGPT, highlighting that meaningful engagement and implementation quality matter more than adding prompts alone.

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