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Internal Coherence of Multi-Level AI-Generated Content: A Comparative Analysis of Novice and Experienced Teachers' Consistency within the IAT Framework

This study introduces the Consistency Quotient (CQ) to demonstrate that while experienced teachers generally produce more conceptually and structurally coherent AI-generated educational content than novices, significant individual variability and the effectiveness of structured prompt engineering challenge deterministic assumptions about professional experience, highlighting the critical role of AI literacy and pedagogical knowledge in optimizing teacher-AI collaboration.

Hossein talebzadeh2026-08-07
📄 social_science

The Influence of ChatGPT Usage, Learning Content, and Digital Competence on Biology Students’ Learning Motivation in the Digital Education Era: A Moderated Effect Analysis Model

This study utilizes Structural Equation Modeling on 366 biology students to demonstrate that while ChatGPT usage and learning content positively influence learning motivation, digital competence acts as a critical moderator that enhances the effectiveness of content and determines the extent to which ChatGPT contributes to student engagement.

Ibrahim Ibrahim, Juli Firmansyah, Jalaluddin Jalaluddin, Marwan Marwan2026-08-07
📄 social_science

Competences and Legislative Powers for Food Policies: A Systematic Approach Applied to the EU and Germany

This study employs a systematic approach using the INFORMAS Food-EPI framework to map the distribution of legislative powers across EU, federal, state, and municipal levels for food policies in Germany, revealing a complex multilevel governance structure that is crucial for designing effective implementation strategies.

Franziska Wiebke, Anette Buyken, José Martínez, Kai P. Purnhagen, Peter von Philipsborn2026-08-07
📄 social_science

The concept of solid waste through an artistic lens: An alternative approach to mitigate the adverse impact of urban and consumerist culture

This studio-based research investigates how upcycled art, grounded in Eco-aesthetics and transformative learning theories, can serve as a pragmatic intervention to mitigate the adverse impacts of solid waste in Jamestown's urban and consumerist culture by unifying aesthetic values with sustainability to drive sociocultural transformation.

Samuel Prophask Asamoah, Dickson Adom, Steve Kquofi2026-08-07
📄 social_science

A social network analysis model approach to understanding continuing care retirement community policies in China

This study employs social network analysis on 204 central-level policies from 2000 to 2026 to reveal that China's Continuing Care Retirement Community policies have evolved from an exploratory phase focused on market-based care to an industrialization phase emphasizing health and innovation, characterized by expanding interdepartmental collaboration yet persisting coordination challenges.

Xuechun Wang, Bo Xia, Qing Chen, Martin Skitmore, Huiming Liu, Jiaxuan E2026-08-07
📄 social_science

From Anthropomorphism to Purchase Intention in AI Shopping Assistant Contexts: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Moderated Mediation Study of Perceived Intelligence and General Self-Efficacy Among College Students

This three-wave longitudinal study of Chinese college students reveals that perceived anthropomorphism of AI shopping assistants prospectively increases purchase intention through enhanced perceived intelligence, with this indirect effect being significantly stronger for individuals possessing higher general self-efficacy.

Siyi Wu, Yang Yang, Xiangyu Tan, Jiale Wang2026-08-07
📄 social_science

Paul von Hindenburg and his role in the political developments of Germany 1918-1934

This paper employs quantitative analysis of electoral data, emergency decrees, and cabinet instability to demonstrate that Paul von Hindenburg's escalating use of executive powers and his brokerage role among conservative elites were the primary drivers in the rapid structural transformation of the Weimar Republic into an authoritarian regime culminating in Hitler's appointment in 1933.

LOAY TAUFIQ HASSAN2026-08-06