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AI assistance in peer feedback provision: Pedagogically sound, but minimally adopted

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Pozdniakov, Stanislav, Brazil, Jonathan, Banihashem, Seyyed Kazem, Noroozi, Omid, Gašević, Dragan, Sadiq, Shazia, Khosravi, Hassan·2026·Computers & Education

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Engaging students in peer feedback offers significant learning benefits by promoting collaboration, critical thinking, and skill development. However, challenges persist because many students struggle to provide constructive and actionable feedback due to gaps in disciplinary knowledge and pedagogical skills. This study investigates whether Generative AI (GenAI) can help address these challenges by supporting students in delivering high-quality peer feedback. To examine this potential, we implemented human-led, GenAI-powered assistance for feedback provision in an educational platform using structured prompt instructions and a tailored user interface. We then examined the characteristics of this AI assistance (AI-A) and how students engaged with it during peer feedback. Our analysis draws on data from 433 students who engaged in 7670 instances of peer feedback supported by AI assistance as part of a large undergraduate semester-long course. Our results indicate that AI-A was typically positive, well structured, and focused on pedagogical strengths (79% of all instances). However, uptake remained relatively low, with just 9% (690) of AI assistance suggestions leading to revisions. AI-A that was less accurate, less complete in describing the original peer feedback, or less positively worded was more likely to prompt revision, with small-to-medium effect sizes. One possible explanation is that these instances drew students’ attention because they appeared to require correction.…

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  • Students' uptake and productive use of AI-generated feedback comments remain consistently limited.

    “Yet despite these technological advances, students' uptake and productive use of AI-generated feedback comments remain consistently limited [16].”

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    The Abstract (p. 1) reports low uptake: only 9% of AI-assistance suggestions led to revisions. The Conclusion (p. 16) likewise says uptake was low. But the paper does not establish that students’ productive use was consistently limited across settings; its Limitations (p. 15) caution that findings may be context-specific. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Authors
Pozdniakov, S., Brazil, J., Banihashem, S. K., Noroozi, O., Gašević, D., Sadiq, S., & Khosravi, H.
Affiliations
  • The University of Queensland (AU)
  • Open University of the Netherlands (NL)
  • Wageningen University & Research (NL)
  • Monash University (AU)
Corresponding author
Pozdniakov, Stanislav
Venue
Computers & Education
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2026-07
Volume
248
Pages
105591
ISSN
0360-1315 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W7128727433
Cited by
11
References
81
Citations by year
2026: 11
FWCI
93.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Computers & Education (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Monash University Research Portal (Monash University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • DSpace (Open University in the Netherlands) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
  • Australian Research Council (IC200100022)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning
  • Social Sciences › Education › Student Assessment and Feedback
Keywords
generative AI, peer feedback, AI-generated feedback, student independence, peer assessment, undergraduate education, AI interface design

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