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Beware of metacognitive laziness: Effects of generative artificial intelligence on learning motivation, processes, and performance — British Journal of Educational Technology
- Key
- fan-2025-metacognitive-laziness
- Authors
- Fan, Yizhou; Tang, Luzhen; Le, Huixiao; Shen, Kejie; Tan, Shufang; Zhao, Yueying; Shen, Yuan; Li, Xinyu; Gašević, Dragan
- Issued
- 2025
- Type
- article-journal
- Container
- British Journal of Educational Technology
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 489-530
Raw CSL JSON
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"DOI": "10.1111/bjet.13544",
"URL": "https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjet.13544",
"page": "489-530",
"type": "article-journal",
"issue": "2",
"title": "Beware of metacognitive laziness: Effects of generative artificial intelligence on learning motivation, processes, and performance",
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"given": "Yizhou",
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"given": "Luzhen",
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{
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"family": "Shen"
},
{
"given": "Shufang",
"family": "Tan"
},
{
"given": "Yueying",
"family": "Zhao"
},
{
"given": "Yuan",
"family": "Shen"
},
{
"given": "Xinyu",
"family": "Li"
},
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"given": "Dragan",
"family": "Gašević"
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2025
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Claims
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The authors propose the term metacognitive laziness for learners' dependence on AI that offloads self-regulation of learning, warning it may yield short-term performance gains alongside long-term skill stagnation.
"AI technologies such as ChatGPT may promote learners' dependence on technology and potentially trigger metacognitive "laziness"."
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In a randomized lab experiment with 117 university students revising English essays, ChatGPT support improved essay scores more than support from a human expert, a checklist tool or no support, but did not improve intrinsic motivation, knowledge gain or knowledge transfer.
"ChatGPT can significantly improve short-term task performance, but it may not boost intrinsic motivation and knowledge gain and transfer."
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