Jeff Greene
@jeffgreene.bsky.social
Prof of Ed Psych & Learning Sciences at UNC-CH | Scholar, speaker, consultant studying how people learn in the digital world | APA & AERA Fellow | Journal & Handbook Editor | Book Author | Views are my own. https://linktr.ee/jeffgreene
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From the paper: "Overall, broad claims of generalized learning gains resulting from AI/LLMs appear premature; the current evidence is insufficient to support robust policy or practice recommendations."
Universities (including mine), take note.
Universities (including mine), take note.
New: "Effect of Artificial Intelligence on Learning: A Meta-Meta-Analysis" by Wagenmakers and colleagues revealing evidence for "severe publication bias and extreme between-study heterogeneity" in existing meta-analyses of the effects of AI on learning: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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osf.io
February 10, 2026 at 9:25 PM
From the paper: "Overall, broad claims of generalized learning gains resulting from AI/LLMs appear premature; the current evidence is insufficient to support robust policy or practice recommendations."
Universities (including mine), take note.
Universities (including mine), take note.
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Civil conversations reduce attitude polarization more than people anticipate.
People with opposing attitudes toward cats and dogs, cancel culture, and Joe Biden underestimated how much their own and others’ attitudes would depolarize in spoken conversations.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
People with opposing attitudes toward cats and dogs, cancel culture, and Joe Biden underestimated how much their own and others’ attitudes would depolarize in spoken conversations.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
February 10, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Civil conversations reduce attitude polarization more than people anticipate.
People with opposing attitudes toward cats and dogs, cancel culture, and Joe Biden underestimated how much their own and others’ attitudes would depolarize in spoken conversations.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
People with opposing attitudes toward cats and dogs, cancel culture, and Joe Biden underestimated how much their own and others’ attitudes would depolarize in spoken conversations.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
"...there is a sort of learned helplessness even among critics that assumes reasoning in these things is completely uninspectable. That is not true, not by a long shot. And if that’s what we’re teaching our students we are doing them a grave disservice."
Caption Files and Attribution Reversal in LLMs
Another win for the "fancy search result" framework
mikecaulfield.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
"...there is a sort of learned helplessness even among critics that assumes reasoning in these things is completely uninspectable. That is not true, not by a long shot. And if that’s what we’re teaching our students we are doing them a grave disservice."
"The biggest takeaway from the study, he said, is that generative AI “is not universally bad for education or universally good for education. Its impact depends on the tasks that students are using it for.”
Are Instructors Warming to AI? A Study Says Yes.
A review of thousands of syllabi over five years shows a growing acceptance of the tool.
www.chronicle.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
"The biggest takeaway from the study, he said, is that generative AI “is not universally bad for education or universally good for education. Its impact depends on the tasks that students are using it for.”
Very cool idea to view research studies as opportunities for science communication! A more thoughtful approach to debriefing and other aspects of research might help the public better understand how science works and why it is valuable. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1037/xge0...
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Very cool idea to view research studies as opportunities for science communication! A more thoughtful approach to debriefing and other aspects of research might help the public better understand how science works and why it is valuable. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1037/xge0...
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Faculty have questions about UNC syllabus policy. Here are the answers. Syllabi are now public records. Searchable repositories are being developed. Syllabi must be posted one week before semester; past syllabi stay public. (Via Jane Sartwell) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #ncpol #nced
Faculty have questions about UNC syllabus policy. Here are the answers.
In a newly minted policy, all course syllabi across the UNC System are now public record. Questions remain.
www.newsobserver.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Faculty have questions about UNC syllabus policy. Here are the answers. Syllabi are now public records. Searchable repositories are being developed. Syllabi must be posted one week before semester; past syllabi stay public. (Via Jane Sartwell) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #ncpol #nced
Helpful. I got one of these emails and was still mulling how to respond.
Perhaps you received a mysterious noreply email asking you to evaluate some publications 'for novelty'. Looked kinda dubious? Yup, that's the one.
So what's up with this 'metascience novelty indicators challenge'? 🧵
So what's up with this 'metascience novelty indicators challenge'? 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Helpful. I got one of these emails and was still mulling how to respond.
The last example in this article is horrifying and should've been the lede. This article illustrates the many dangers of #GenAI one-shot responses to complicated inputs. I wouldn't expect a #GenAI to capture all the nuance of epistemic activity across 40+ pages w/o significant human input.
An AI Bot Is Making Podcasts With Scholars’ Research. Many of Them Aren’t Impressed.
The product by Academia.edu, authors say, deceives listeners, mangles facts, and draws its own conclusions. Many have left the popular platform in protest.
www.chronicle.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Neat! I'm among educational psychology researchers. That tracks.
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Neat! I'm among educational psychology researchers. That tracks.
Evidence that my attention span won't totally go to hell as I get older! Huzzah!
"Understanding how and why attention lapses requires continued integration of findings across temporal scales and characterization of interactions between scales..." (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
"Understanding how and why attention lapses requires continued integration of findings across temporal scales and characterization of interactions between scales..." (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
A Temporal Hierarchy of Sustained Attention Dynamics - Monica D. Rosenberg, 2026
Maintaining focus is a critical component of attention. Our ability to do so, however, changes over time—developing across the life span, declining as tasks dra...
doi.org
February 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Evidence that my attention span won't totally go to hell as I get older! Huzzah!
"Understanding how and why attention lapses requires continued integration of findings across temporal scales and characterization of interactions between scales..." (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
"Understanding how and why attention lapses requires continued integration of findings across temporal scales and characterization of interactions between scales..." (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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New blog post, inspired by the excellent recent qualitative paper by Makel and colleagues: On the reliability and reproducibility of qualitative research.
I reflect on how I will incorporate realist ontologies in my own qualitative research.
daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-r...
I reflect on how I will incorporate realist ontologies in my own qualitative research.
daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-r...
On the reliability and reproducibility of qualitative research
With my collaborators, I am increasingly performing qualitative research. I find qualitative research projects a useful way to improve my un...
daniellakens.blogspot.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:46 AM
New blog post, inspired by the excellent recent qualitative paper by Makel and colleagues: On the reliability and reproducibility of qualitative research.
I reflect on how I will incorporate realist ontologies in my own qualitative research.
daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-r...
I reflect on how I will incorporate realist ontologies in my own qualitative research.
daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-r...
"Politicians should condemn financialization as not only harmful but also absurd. That will lose them support from several very rich donors but gain them support from many more constituents. Same goes for university leaders."
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Opinion | The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
"Politicians should condemn financialization as not only harmful but also absurd. That will lose them support from several very rich donors but gain them support from many more constituents. Same goes for university leaders."
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Awful. This kind of behavior is reprehensible.
Duke's Scheyer: Staff got 'punched in the face' during UNC court storm
Duke coach Jon Scheyer said he had staff members "that got punched in the face" as North Carolina fans stormed the court to celebrate a late winning shot in the famed rivalry Saturday night.
www.espn.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Awful. This kind of behavior is reprehensible.
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When most people think of AI in education they probably don't think of scientific journals old enough to exist online as black and white photocopies. Here's a cover from the first volume of the Journal of AI in Education 1989/90. It contains a really signficant paper...
February 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM
When most people think of AI in education they probably don't think of scientific journals old enough to exist online as black and white photocopies. Here's a cover from the first volume of the Journal of AI in Education 1989/90. It contains a really signficant paper...
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Note that this in itself is a well-replicated finding. At least a dozen studies show that when researchers replicate qualitative research, or re-analyze it, they come to basically identical themes. There is nothing special about qualitative research with respect to replicability.
This is a great qualitative research paper. It sheds light on questionable research practices. But more importantly it demonstrates direct replications in qualitative research work as you would expect: independent teams reach basically the same conclusions royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
‘Don’t hate the players, hate the game’: qualitative insights from education researchers on questionable and open research practices
Abstract. Both questionable (e.g. p-hacking) and open (e.g. pre-registration) research practices are prevalent in education research. We sought to understa
royalsocietypublishing.org
February 7, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Note that this in itself is a well-replicated finding. At least a dozen studies show that when researchers replicate qualitative research, or re-analyze it, they come to basically identical themes. There is nothing special about qualitative research with respect to replicability.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“In this field, you’ve got to get used to being rejected. A lot.”
“In this field, you’ve got to get used to being rejected. A lot.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“We can absolutely do this together; let’s start with what you feel like you know so far.”
“We can absolutely do this together; let’s start with what you feel like you know so far.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"You can always revise a shitty draft, but you can't revise a blank document"
"You can always revise a shitty draft, but you can't revise a blank document"
February 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“In this field, you’ve got to get used to being rejected. A lot.”
“In this field, you’ve got to get used to being rejected. A lot.”
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I've been singing this to myself all day
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I've been singing this to myself all day
There are a lot worse things than being in Florida this weekend for my daughter’s beach volleyball tournament.
February 7, 2026 at 4:27 PM
There are a lot worse things than being in Florida this weekend for my daughter’s beach volleyball tournament.
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If/when people recognize when their mind wanders: what do they do about it? This article outlines an integration of task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs) into Winne's model of self-regulated learning. Numerous directions for future research! doi.org/10.1111%2Fco... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
February 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
If/when people recognize when their mind wanders: what do they do about it? This article outlines an integration of task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs) into Winne's model of self-regulated learning. Numerous directions for future research! doi.org/10.1111%2Fco... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
Interesting post @ellamarkianos.bsky.social illustrating current limits on using #GenAI for high-level human work (e.g., meaning-making, identification of novel connections between abstract concepts). And still, deep learning models too often fail at algorithmic tasks.
The reporter who tried to replace herself with a bot
Anxiety about AI replacing entry-level jobs is on the rise. Could a state-of-the-art chatbot do the job of a Platformer fellow? PLUS: Anthropic vs. OpenAI, and will AI kill SaaS?
www.platformer.news
February 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Interesting post @ellamarkianos.bsky.social illustrating current limits on using #GenAI for high-level human work (e.g., meaning-making, identification of novel connections between abstract concepts). And still, deep learning models too often fail at algorithmic tasks.
Preach! "We believe epistemic processes have been one of the underlying issues across the three disciplinary crises and need to come to the fore in reform efforts." (1/2)
“Methodological and administrative solutions are valuable, but they are not enough. Rather, we need to engage with the epistemic processes and ideals at the heart of psychological knowledge production and engage very closely with critical perspectives...”
#PsycSci #Methodology #MetaSci
#PsycSci #Methodology #MetaSci
Psychology’s Recurring Crises: Lessons from History and Philosophy of Science
We examine what generated crisis discussions, how they tended to unfold, and how they were resolved. And we derive some lessons from history for the current replication crisis.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Preach! "We believe epistemic processes have been one of the underlying issues across the three disciplinary crises and need to come to the fore in reform efforts." (1/2)
"Targeting regional universities and community colleges reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of tenure—as if it were a privilege reserved for a select few rather than an essential working condition for all faculty responsible for teaching and research..." (1/2)
AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement in response to Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt's Executive Order issued today immediately eliminating academic tenure at the state’s public regional universities and community colleges.
AAUP President on the Elimination of Tenure at Oklahoma Regional Universities and Community Colleges.
WASHINGTON—AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement in response to the Governor of Oklahoma’s signing of Executive Order 2026-07, which immediately eliminates the conferral of academ...
www.aaup.org
February 6, 2026 at 1:06 PM
"Targeting regional universities and community colleges reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of tenure—as if it were a privilege reserved for a select few rather than an essential working condition for all faculty responsible for teaching and research..." (1/2)
If/when people recognize when their mind wanders: what do they do about it? This article outlines an integration of task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs) into Winne's model of self-regulated learning. Numerous directions for future research! doi.org/10.1111%2Fco... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
February 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
If/when people recognize when their mind wanders: what do they do about it? This article outlines an integration of task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs) into Winne's model of self-regulated learning. Numerous directions for future research! doi.org/10.1111%2Fco... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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Frontier science: Good to see additional evidence of refutation text effects. In addition, the second result surprised me. "First, our data replicate prior results that refutation texts can have strong effects on conceptual change...and second..."
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#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
Do Reading Goals Make a Difference for Refutation Text Effectiveness?
Refutation texts seem to be a promising approach to counter misconceptions. They provoke a cognitive conflict by explicitly naming a misconception and correcting it with a scientific explanation. H...
doi.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Frontier science: Good to see additional evidence of refutation text effects. In addition, the second result surprised me. "First, our data replicate prior results that refutation texts can have strong effects on conceptual change...and second..."
(1/2)
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky