Zhen-Cun Yan

The association between generative AI use and university students’ critical thinking: a moderated mediation model of GenAI feedback literacy and reflective thinking

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has rapidly become an everyday learning resource for university students, yet evidence on whether such use is associated with stronger or weaker critical thinking is sharply divided. Recent work documents both cognitive scaffolding and “metacognitive laziness” effects, sugge...