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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

  1. 10.1The evidence on tutoring
  2. 10.2The relief-funded experiment
  3. 10.3Tutoring business models
  4. 10.4Test prep
  5. 10.5Homework help and the generative-AI shock
  6. 10.6Does AI help or hurt learning?