AI in Education

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AI in Education develops and evaluates tools such as intelligent tutoring systems, knowledge tracing, adaptive feedback, and large language model tutors grounded in course materials. These systems aim to personalize instruction, assist teachers with tasks like feedback and grading, and expand access to learning support. Researchers assess them through classroom studies, subject-specific benchmarks, learning-outcome measures, and audits of accuracy, bias, privacy, and accessibility. A central tension is that AI can improve performance during assisted tasks without necessarily building durable, independent skills, so effective use depends on pedagogy, human oversight, and evidence from real learning settings.

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  1. The Crutch or the Ceiling? How Different Generations of LLMs Shape EFL Student Writings

    Apr 16, 2026Hengky Susanto, David James Woo, Chingyi Yeung +2AI in EducationText Generation

    Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China · Everwrite Limited, Hong Kong, China · International Christian School, Hong Kong, China

  2. CogEvolution: A Human-like Generative Educational Agent to Simulate Student's Cognitive Evolution

    Apr 16, 2026Wei Zhang, Yihang Cheng, Zhirong Ye +1Cognitive ModelingHuman Behavior Simulation

    Faculty of Artificial Intelligence in Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China · National Engineering Research Center for Educational Big Data, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China · Central China Normal University Wollongong Joint Institute, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

  3. Uncertainty-aware Generative Learning Path Recommendation with Cognition-Adaptive Diffusion

    Apr 16, 2026Xiangrui Xiong, Hang Liang, Baiyang Chen +2AI in EducationRecommender Systems

    Accidenta

  4. PAL: Personal Adaptive Learner

    Apr 14, 2026Megha Chakraborty, Darssan L. Eswaramoorthi, Madhur Thareja +5AI in EducationAdaptive Learning

    Artificial Intelligence Institute, University of South Carolina

  5. Evidence of a Cognitive Shift in AI Education: How Students Are Rethinking Human Intelligence?

    Apr 14, 2026Islem RekikAI in EducationComputer Science Education

    BASIRA Lab, Imperial-X (I-X) and Department of Computing Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

  6. A Scoping Review of Large Language Model-Based Pedagogical Agents

    Apr 14, 2026Shan Li, Juan ZhengAI in EducationGenerative AI in Education

    Department of Education and Human Services, College of Education, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA, 18015 · Department of Community and Global Health, College of Health, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA, 18015

  7. A Simulation-Based Method for Testing Collaborative Learning Scaffolds Using LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems

    Apr 13, 2026Han Wua, Lishan Zhang, Chunming LuInstructional ScaffoldingEducation

    School of Education, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, People’s Republic of China · State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

  8. RAG-KT: Cross-platform Explainable Knowledge Tracing with Multi-view Fusion Retrieval Generation

    Apr 13, 2026Zhiyi Duan, Hongyu Yuan, Rui LiuKnowledge TracingAI in Education

    Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China

  9. Teaching Language Models How to Code Like Learners: Conversational Serialization for Student Simulation

    Apr 12, 2026Charles Koutcheme, Juho Leinonen, Arto HellasAI in EducationCode Language Models

    Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

  10. Toward Measuring AI's Effects on Skill Formation: The Stock-Formation Gap

    Apr 12, 2026Aysa Xuemo FanAI in Education

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

  11. Edu-MMBias: A Three-Tier Multimodal Benchmark for Auditing Social Bias in Vision-Language Models under Educational Contexts

    Apr 11, 2026Ruijia Li, Mingzi Zhang, Zengyi Yu +2Cultural Bias in VLMsVLM Evaluation

    School of Computer Science and Technology, East China Normal University · Shanghai Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Education, East China Normal University · Faculty of Education, East China Normal University

  12. Attention-Guided Dual-Stream Learning for Group Engagement Recognition: Fusing Transformer-Encoded Motion Dynamics with Scene Context via Adaptive Gating

    Apr 11, 2026Saniah Kayenat Chowdhury, Muhammad E. H. ChowdhuryAI in EducationTemporal Video Understanding

    Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh · Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, 2713, Qatar

  13. Structuring versus Problematizing: How LLM-based Agents Scaffold Learning in Diagnostic Reasoning

    Apr 10, 2026Fatma Betül Güreş, Tanya Nazaretsky, Seyed Parsa Neshaei +1Instructional ScaffoldingAI in Education

    ETH Zürich, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland · EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland

  14. Neural-Symbolic Knowledge Tracing: Injecting Educational Knowledge into Deep Learning for Responsible Learner Modelling

    Apr 9, 2026Danial Hooshyar, Gustav Šír, Yeongwook Yang +6Knowledge TracingAI in Education

    School of Digital Technologies Tallinn University, Estonia · Faculty of Information Technology University of Jyväskylä Finland · Faculty of Education and Psychology University of Jyväskylä Finland +7

  15. Agentivism: a learning theory for the age of artificial intelligence

    Apr 9, 2026Lixiang Yan, Dragan GaševićAI in EducationHuman-AI Interaction

    School of Education, Tsinghua University. · Faculty of Education and School of Computing & Data Science, The University of Hong Kong. · Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University.

  16. Google, AI Literacy, and the Learning Sciences: Multiple Modes of Research, Industry, and Practice Partnerships

    Apr 8, 2026Victor R. Lee, Michael Madaio, Ben Garside +19AI LiteracyAI in Education

    Stanford University · Google Research · Raspberry Pi Foundation +5

  17. Why teaching resists automation in an AI-inundated era: Human judgment, non-modular work, and the limits of delegation

    Apr 8, 2026Songhee HanAI in EducationGenerative AI in Education

    Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA

  18. Persona Matters: Effects of Activation Steering on Short Answer Generation and Scoring

    Apr 8, 2026Yongchao Wu, Aron HenrikssonOpen-Ended GenerationLanguage Model Steering

    Stockholm University, NOD-huset, Borgarfjordsgatan 12, 16455 Stockholm, Sweden

  19. AI Slop or AI-enhancement? Student perceptions of AI-generated media for an English for Academic Purposes course

    Apr 8, 2026David James Woo, Deliang Wang, Kai GuoAI in EducationGenerative AI in Education

    Everwrite Limited, Hong Kong, China · Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China · Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

  20. Evaluating Learner Representations for Differentiation Prior to Instructional Outcomes

    Apr 7, 2026Junsoo Park, Youssef Medhat, Htet Phyo Wai +2AI in EducationEducational Data Mining

    Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

  21. Artificial Intelligence and Cost Reduction in Public Higher Education: A Scoping Review of Emerging Evidence

    Apr 6, 2026Diamanto Tzanoulinou, Loukas Triantafyllopoulos, George Vorvilas +7Higher EducationAI in Education

    School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece · School of Humanities, Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece · School of Social Sciences, Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece

  22. AI Assistance Reduces Persistence and Hurts Independent Performance

    Apr 6, 2026Grace Liu, Brian Christian, Tsvetomira Dumbalska +2Human-AI InteractionHuman-AI Collaboration

    Carnegie Mellon University · UC Berkeley · University of Oxford +2

  23. An AI Teaching Assistant for Motion Picture Engineering

    Apr 6, 2026Deirdre O'Regan, Anil C. KokaramIntelligent Tutoring SystemsEducational Technology

    Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

  24. Pedagogical Safety in Educational Reinforcement Learning: Formalizing and Detecting Reward Hacking in AI Tutoring Systems

    Apr 5, 2026Oluseyi Olukola, Nick RahimiReward HackingSafe RL

    School of Computing Sciences and Computer Engineering, Hattiesburg, MS, USA

  25. Policy-Governed LLM Routing with Intent Matching for Instrument Laboratories

    Apr 3, 2026Emmanuel A. Olowe, Danial ChitnisLLM RoutingAI in Education

    School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

  26. Impact of Multimodal and Conversational AI on Learning Outcomes and Experience

    Apr 2, 2026Karan Taneja, Anjali Singh, Ashok K. GoelEducational Dialogue SystemsAI in Education

    Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332, USA · University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX 78712, USA

  27. Beyond Detection: Ethical Foundations for Automated Dyslexic Error Attribution

    Apr 2, 2026Samuel Rose, Debarati ChakrabortyAI in Education

    School of Digital and Physical Sciences, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom. · Everybody Counts LTD, Montgomery Lane, Edinburgh, EH7 5JT, Scotland.

  28. Grounding AI-in-Education Development in Teachers' Voices: Findings from a National Survey in Indonesia

    Apr 2, 2026Nurul Aisyah, Muhammad Dehan Al Kautsar, Arif Hidayat +1AI in Education

    Quantic School of Business and Technology, Washington, DC, USA · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, UAE · Indonesia University of Education, Bandung, Indonesia

  29. Gaze to Insight: A Scalable AI Approach for Detecting Gaze Behaviours in Face-to-Face Collaborative Learning

    Apr 1, 2026Junyuan Liang, Qi Zhou, Sahan Bulathwela +1AI in EducationGaze Estimation

    UCL Knowledge Lab, University College London, London, UK · UCL Center for Artificial Intelligence, University College London, UK

  30. From Domain Understanding to Design Readiness: a playbook for GenAI-supported learning in Software Engineering

    Mar 31, 2026Rafal WlodarskiAI in EducationGenerative AI in Education

    Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley, Mountain View, CA, USA