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Aug 2026
Steering AI Tutors Through System Prompts: A Crossover Study on Self-Regulated Learning and Cognitive Engagement Scaffolds in CS1
The results suggest that the pedagogical behavior of AI tutors may not be easily steered through system prompts alone: embedding established SRL and CE frameworks did not produce detectable improvements on any preregistered outcome in a large, ecologically valid deployment.
Maximilian Georg Barth, Sverrir Thorgeirsson, K. Etemadi et al.
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