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Is AI Making You Worse at Studying? What the Research Says

A 2025 study found students who leaned on a ChatGPT-style assistant scored 17% lower on the exam. Here is why it happens and how to study with AI without losing the learning.

C Christopher Darren Tjhin 7 min read

All articles

4 articles

Study guide

Didn’t Understand the Lecture? Here’s What to Do in the Next 24 Hours

Lost somewhere around slide 12? A step-by-step plan to find the gap, fill it and ask a question that gets a real answer before the next lecture builds on it.

CChristopher Darren Tjhin

6 min read

Math and science

You Understand the Example but Can’t Solve the Next Problem. Here’s Why.

You follow every worked example, then freeze on the homework. Why it happens in math and science, and a simple practice method that fixes it.

CChristopher Darren Tjhin

6 min read

Comparison

ChatGPT Study Mode vs Gemini Guided Learning vs Claude vs NotebookLM

Every major AI now has a learning mode. What each one actually does, where it falls short and which one fits the way you study.

CChristopher Darren Tjhin

7 min read