Part II: The Markets
Chapter 10
Tutoring, Test Prep, and Homework Help
Tutoring, test preparation and homework help all sell help to a student who is stuck. They differ in what they promise. Tutoring promises learning, test prep promises a score, and homework help promises a finished assignment. That difference decided how exposed each was to generative AI: a chatbot gives a finished answer instantly and for free, so homework help was hit first and hardest.
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In this chapter
- 10.1The evidence on tutoring
- 10.2The relief-funded experiment
- 10.3Tutoring business models
- 10.4Test prep
- 10.5Homework help and the generative-AI shock
- 10.6Does AI help or hurt learning?