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Thirty-two students used the AI tool through a structured educational approach that incorporated personalized support, immediate feedback, and learning activities based on Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy, while a control group of 32 students received traditional instruction. The results showed that both groups improved over time; however, the AI-assisted group achieved significantly greater learning gains (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u00a0=\u00a00.002). The intervention group demonstrated a mean improvement of 3.38 points compared with 1.97 points in the control group, corresponding to a large effect size (Hedges\u2019\n                    <jats:italic>g<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u00a0=\u00a00.80). Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) confirmed that the superiority of the AI-assisted group remained significant after adjusting for baseline performance. 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