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If prompted, an AI tool can be tailored to help students think through their own reasoning rather than just feed them answers. Issarawat Tattong/iStock/Getty Images

We designed an AI tutor that helps college students reason rather than give them answers

Saharnaz Babaei-Balderlou, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and Shishir Shakya, Appalachian State University; Institute for Humane Studies

A 2025 study shows that an AI-based tutor improves learning when it prompts reasoning and is paired with peer discussion.

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