AI's Impact on Student Writers: A Double-Edged Sword for Self-Efficacy

This pilot study provides valuable insights into the nuanced effects of AI assistance on writing self-efficacy, a critical aspect of student development. The findings highlight the importance of careful design and implementation of AI tools, suggesting that focusing on specific stages of the writing process, like ideation, may be more beneficial than comprehensive support.

• •Different levels of AI assistance have varied effects on students' writing self-efficacy.
• •Full AI support may reduce writing ownership despite initially boosting self-efficacy.
• •Ideation-level AI support shows promising results for both self-efficacy and positive longitudinal change.