AI's Impact on Student Writers: A Double-Edged Sword for Self-Efficacy
Analysis
Key Takeaways
- •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.
“These findings suggest that the locus of AI intervention, rather than the amount of assistance, is critical in fostering writing self-efficacy while preserving learner agency.”