AI tutoring can safely and effectively support students: An exploratory RCT in UK classrooms

2026

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1) Generative AI tutoring systems, when carefully designed and supervised, can safely and effectively support student learning, even leading to better knowledge transfer than human tutors alone.
2) This exploratory RCT in UK classrooms evaluated LearnLM, a generative AI model fine-tuned for pedagogy, integrated into chat-based tutoring sessions.
3) The study found that LearnLM-supervised by human tutors-was as effective as human tutors for immediate learning outcomes and significantly improved knowledge transfer to new topics.
Tags: AI tutoring, generative AI, education, randomized controlled trial, personalized learning

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