Why Are Students Ghosting Their AI Tutors?

In this episode we explore new research on AI-supported tutoring that suggests that giving students access to an AI tutor, even during structured school time, doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll use it as intended. Topics covered:What a two-year study of Khan Academy’s Khanmigo found about student achievement and engagementWhy structured practice may matter more than conversational AI tutoringWhat another study tells us about pairing human support with AI learning platformsThree qualities that distinguish effective human tutorsThe “reach-out problem”Why student motivation, confidence, and relationships matter for tutoringHow AI tutors may need to evolve if they’re going to approach the impact of high-dosage human tutoringSources:https://edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai26-1451.pdfhttps://www.linkedin.com/events/7487956708225433600/https://www.nber.org/papers/w35620#fromrss