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Record W4412189815 · doi:10.54254/2753-7048/2024.24997

Artificial Intelligence in University Science Education: A Systematic Review of Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities for Learning Outcomes

2025· review· en· W4412189815 on OpenAlexaff
Danyang Su, You Lin Xu, X. Tong

Bibliographic record

VenueLecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media · 2025
Typereview
Languageen
FieldComputer Science
TopicEngineering Education and Technology
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Toronto
Fundersnot available
KeywordsData scienceEngineering ethicsPsychologyMathematics educationComputer scienceEngineering

Abstract

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This systematic review illustrates to what extent artificial intelligence is important in higher-level science learning by using the frameworks of constructivist learning theory and cognitive load theory for guidance. After carefully reading through the 9 studies, it was obvious that AI tools not only facilitate personal learning but also help students develop their problem-solving skills. However, AI’s effects really differ depending on the subjects: Mathematics and Computer Science seem to receive greater attention than any other field. There is also a noticeable gap about the impact of AI on learners: the existing research usually gives educators' viewpoints precedence over firsthand accounts of students' experiences. AI indeed presents more chances to enhance science education, but issues like students’ increasing cognitive load still need to be addressed further. This analysis provides important insights for improving learning experiences in higher science learning and emphasizes that more research should maximize AI integration in the future.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.018
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.077
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Systematic review · Consensus signal: Systematic review
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.018
Threshold uncertainty score0.094

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0180.077
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0050.005
Bibliometrics0.0150.017
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0030.004
Open science0.0020.002
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0040.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.097
GPT teacher head0.378
Teacher spread0.281 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSystematic review
Domainnot available
GenreReview

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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