Effects of AI‐generated adaptive feedback on statistical skills and interest in statistics: A field experiment in higher education

• Published in: British journal of educational technology Vol. 56; no. 5; pp. 1735 - 1757
• Main Authors: Bauer, Elisabeth, Richters, Constanze, Pickal, Amadeus J., Klippert, Moritz, Sailer, Michael, Stadler, Matthias
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Coventry Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2025
• Subjects: adaptivity; artificial intelligence; Cognitive tasks; Design factors; Feedback; higher education; interest; Large language models; natural language processing; Performance enhancement; Pretesting; Skill Development; statistical skills; Student Interests; Students

This study explores whether AI‐generated adaptive feedback or static feedback is favourable for student interest and performance outcomes in learning statistics in a digital learning environment. Previous studies have favoured adaptive feedback over static feedback for skill acquisition, however, wi...