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substitute-complement · lehmann-2024-ai-meets-classroom

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Claim ID
substitute-complement
Assertion
In exploratory analyses, students who used LLMs to generate solutions covered more topics but understood each less, while students who asked LLMs for explanations did not cover more topics but understood them better.
Quote
Students who substitute some of their learning activities with LLMs (e.g., by generating solutions to exercises) increase the volume of topics they can learn about but decrease their understanding of each topic. Students who complement their learning activities with LLMs (e.g., by asking for explanations) do not increase topic volume but do increase their understanding.
Quote language
en
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section: Abstract
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