source credibility

Students’ feedback ratings reflected source credibility without consistently matching expert judgments

Tanya Nazaretsky, Hagit Gabbay, Tanja Käser

Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence

Researchers compared human and AI feedback on 979 responses from six university STEM courses, then examined ratings from 472 students. Expert analysis found broadly similar pedagogical quality, while students’ judgments were associated with their views of the source’s credibility. The study did not measure feedback uptake or learning gains. For educators, it raises a practical question: how can students justify an evaluation of advice before deciding whether to use it?