Self-Regulated Personal Contracts as a Harm Reduction Approach to Generative AI in Undergraduate Programming Education
Students learning programming exercise agency in deciding when and how to use GenAI tools like ChatGPT. However, this agency is often implicit and shaped by deadline pressure and peer behavior rather than explicit and conscious learning goals. We designed a GenAI Contract grounded in harm reduction and self-regulated learning theory to scaffold intentional decision-making: students articulated personal learning goals, created usage guidelines, and reflected on alignment at strategic points acros
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Published: 11 March 2026
Source: arXiv
Category: Research
Topics: Regulation · Safety & alignment · Children & education
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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