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STAGE 3 · FACILITATOR MATERIAL

Synthesis Practice: Facilitator Notes

Facilitator notes

The suggested theme key for the synthesis practice is provided as practice-pack/facilitator-theme-key.csv. Remove that file from the public site if participants should not see it before the activity, and distribute it separately.

Points to draw out in the debrief

  • Perception findings (SYN-03, SYN-05) must not be reported as performance effects.
  • Performance evidence is mixed and comes from small, short, mostly single-site studies — a methodological gap.
  • Inaccurate or irrelevant AI suggestions appear across several studies but are rarely quantified — an evidence gap.
  • Human confirmation (lecturer / peer) is a recurring help-seeking pattern worth an analytical theme.
  • No study measured retention or transfer — a knowledge gap that converts into a clear future RQ.

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