The cognitive paradox of AI in education: between enhancement and erosion
problems in student retention and critical thinking in 206 vocational education students in the Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The results showed that AI posed significant threats to the male students showing more concern than their female peers. While AI aids vocational education, it has the potential to reduce cognitive engagement because the students may accept passively the information provided by AI without critical scrutiny (Ododo et al., 2024). The study emphasizes the need for AI-powered lear
Record details
Published: 14 April 2025
Source: OpenAlex
Category: Research
Topics: Children & education
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
Related evidence
These records share source-supplied organisations, an exact publisher byline, automatic topics or regions. The reason is shown on every link; related does not mean supporting, agreeing with or verifying this record.
Examining artificial intelligence literacy among pre-service teachers for future classrooms
OpenAlex · 10 April 2024
Towards an Ethical AI Curriculum: A Pan-African, Culturally Contextualized Framework for Primary and Secondary Education
arXiv · 30 April 2026
Adesua: Development and Feasibility Study of an AI WhatsApp Bot for Science Learning in West Africa
arXiv · 14 May 2026
Open Veins of Algorithmic Auditing: Why AI Assessment Lags Behind Its Deployment in the Global South
arXiv · 23 July 2026
"Why SuaCode?": Understanding African Students' Motivations for Taking a Smartphone-Based Online Coding Course
arXiv cs.CY · 28 July 2026
A new chapter for African Brain Child
University of Cape Town AI · 3 August 2026
How to cite this record
ethics.ai (14 April 2025), “The cognitive paradox of AI in education: between enhancement and erosion,” evidence record 9727, https://ethics.ai/record/9727 (originally published by OpenAlex).
Use and limitations
This page is a stable index and citation surface for a source record. ethics.ai did not author the underlying report and has not independently verified every claim. Automatic topics may be imperfect. For consequential use, quote and cite the original publisher.