Grounded in Research

The thinking behind educational intelligence.

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The Campus Education Harness

Ken Schenck

An Adaptive Learning Agency Orchestration System that sits between student and model, holding the learner in productive struggle so AI amplifies learning rather than absorbing it.

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Making AI Productive

Philip Oreopoulos et al.

A study of 6,000+ students finds that AI is most productive for learning when structured to help students work through mistakes rather than bypass effort.

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Generic AI Risks

Hamsa Bastani et al.

Unrestricted AI can become a cognitive crutch that improves immediate performance while actually harming students’ independent learning.

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Scaffolding

Mireia Vendrell & Samantha-Kaye Johnston

Thoughtfully scaffolded AI can strengthen critical thinking by preserving cognitive effort and helping students extend their reasoning rather than replace it.

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Grounded in research on productive struggle vs. cognitive offloading — how guided challenge builds durable learning, and how unexamined AI use can erode it.

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