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535 AI Tool Usage 'Correlates Negatively' With Performance in CS Class, Estonian Study Finds

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 09/07/2025 12:34 EDT

AI Tool Usage 'Correlates Negatively' With Performance in CS Class, Estonian Study Finds

How do AI tools impact college students? 231 students in an object-oriented programming class participated in a study at Estonia's University of Tartu (conducted by an associate professor of informatics and a recently graduated master's student).


They were asked how frequently they used AI tools and for what purposes. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and Spearman's rank correlation analysis was performed to examine the strength of the relationships. The results showed that students mai

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