New research confirms the approach behind EduGPT

A team from Little Flower College in Kerala published a comprehensive analysis this month of dozens of recent studies on AI and learning. The central question is sharply posed: Do students become lazy thinkers because of AI, or do they actually learn to think more intelligently as a result?

The answer does not depend on the technology itself, but on how it is used. If you use AI to take over the thinking, your own brainpower measurably declines. If you use AI to ask questions, test assumptions and structure thought processes, critical thinking skills actually increase.

That distinction is precisely the foundation of EduGPT. Not a tool that gives the answer, but a tool that asks, probes further and gets the student thinking.

Source: Little Flower College Kerala, ICITT 2026, International Journal of Trends in Emerging Research and Technology, ioro.org/ijter/article/267892061601