🏷️ cognitive-load-theory

> **Synthesis:** Arshad et al. (2026) examined how AI-based educational technology influences critical thinking among 480 undergraduate medical students in Pakistan, using a cross-sectional design and…

2026-08-13 · critical-thinking, self-regulated-learning, generative-ai, higher-ed, ai-literacy

> **Dual-process theory** — the account of cognition as operating through two interacting systems: a fast, automatic, intuitive System 1 and a slower, effortful, analytical System 2. In education, dua…

2026-08-12 · metacognition, cognitive-offloading, decision-making, educational-measurement

> **Synthesis:** Misiejuk, López-Pernas, Kaliisa, and Saqr (2026) analyze 281 prompts from 122 student submissions across four assignments to examine how prompting strategies reveal cognitive offloadi…

2026-08-09 · cognitive-offloading, prompting-literacy, higher-ed, student-experience, learning-analytics

> **Cognitive offloading** — the use of external tools (including AI) to reduce internal cognitive demand, shifting mental work from the learner to the system. In AI in education, cognitive offloading…

2026-08-09 · cognitive-offloading, over-reliance, ai-literacy, student-experience, generative-ai

> **Scaffolding** — structured support that helps learners accomplish tasks they cannot yet complete independently, with support fading as competence grows. In AI in education, scaffolding is the prim…

2026-08-09 · zone-of-proximal-development, over-reliance, feedback-loop, ai-literacy, intelligent-tutoring

> **Critical AI Tutors: Empower or Enslave?** — A position paper presented at the AIED 2025 workshop that issues a stark warning: unchecked use of AI tutors risks creating a generation of cognitively …

2026-07-29 · intelligent-tutoring, critical-thinking, over-reliance, ai-assistance-reduces-persistence, student-experience

> **The LLM Fallacy** is a cognitive attribution error in which individuals misinterpret LLM-assisted outputs as evidence of their own independent competence — producing a systematic gap (∆C) between …

2026-07-29 · llm, misinformation, ai-literacy, ai-assistance-reduces-persistence, cognitive-offloading-llm-synthesis-writing

> **Transfer of Learning** — the extent to which knowledge or skills acquired in one context (e.g., practice with an AI tool) persist and apply in a different context (e.g., independent performance wi…

2026-05-07 · transfer-of-learning, metacognition, desirable-difficulties, k-12, ai-tutoring