兰德公司：2026美国青少年学业场景AI使用行为与认知研究报告（英文版）（20页）.pdf

1、HEATHER L.SCHWARTZ,MELISSA KAY DILIBERTIMore Students Use AI for Homework,and More Believe It Harms Critical ThinkingSelected Findings from the American Youth PanelKEY FINDINGS The share of students in middle school grades and up who reported using AI for help with their homework increased from 48 p

2、ercent in May 2025 to 62 percent in December 2025.Use among middle and high schoolers drove the overall increase.As of December 2025,67 percent of students endorsed the statement“The more students use AI for their school-work,the more it will harm their critical thinking skills”up more than 10 perce

3、ntage points from ten months earlier.With the exception of using AI to get answers for home-work,most students did not feel that their use of AI for other school-related purposes constituted cheating.Students in higher grade levels were more likely than students in lower grade levels to(1)say that t

4、heir schools rules for AI use depended on the specific teacher,(2)believe that their teachers were checking students homework for AI use,and(3)worry about being accused of using AI to cheat.More female than male students believed that AI use harms their critical thinking skills and thought that thei

5、r teachers were checking homework for AI use.Research ReportStarting in 2025,we have used the RAND American Youth Panel(AYP)to learn how and why youth are using artificial intelligence(AI)for school-related purposes(Doss et al.,2025).We intend for our survey questions to help school prin-cipals,scho

6、ol district superintendents,and state department of education leaders create or revise their guidance for students allowed use of AI for schoolwork.In December 2025,we administered our most comprehensive set of questions to date about students AI use.As we explain in greater detail in the rest of th