ChatGPT produces more “lazy” thinkers: Evidence of cognitive engagement decline
Summary
Study examines ChatGPT's effect on student cognitive engagement during argumentative writing, using a randomized trial; AI‑assisted participants showed significantly lower engagement scores than the ‑
Key quotes
The results revealed significantly lower cognitive engagement scores in the ChatGPT group compared to the control group.
These findings suggest that AI assistance may lead to cognitive offloading.
The entry is hosted in Stanford’s AI Hub for Education repository and provides a link to the full arXiv pre‑print. It classifies the work as a randomized controlled trial targeting post‑secondary and adult learners.