unscaffolded GenAI

A pre-service chemistry teacher and instructor review a text-free AI-assisted lesson design while a separate intact class works with paper models behind glass

Journal Paper2026

Unscaffolded GenAI use in teacher education showed no instructional-design advantage

Jun Zhang, Yuting Peng, Xinyue Deng, Qin Zeng, Kai Wang

Behavioral Sciences

A 2026 quasi-experiment with 52 pre-service chemistry teachers found no adjusted advantage from permitted but unscaffolded GenAI use in AI readiness, self-regulated learning, or critical thinking, while the no-GenAI group achieved stronger instructional-design performance.

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