20.500.12556/DKUM-97569 Generative AI use among Slovenian lower secondary students use patterns and attitudes This study examined lower secondary students’ self-reported use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) for schoolwork across four modalities (text, image, audio, and video), and tested how attitudes grounded in the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) relates to usage. A total of 312 grade 7–9 students from Slovenian primary schools participated in the study. The final analytic sample comprised 229 students (47.2% female; Mage = 13.2 years) who reported at least minimal familiarity with GenAI. Students completed an online questionnaire assessing frequency of tool use and five attitude components (teacher support, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, experience, and attitudes toward learning with GenAI). Text generation tools were used more frequently than image, audio, or video generation tools. Text tool use was higher among ninth graders than seventh and eighth graders. Text tool use correlated positively with perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and experience, and negatively with attitudes toward learning with GenAI. In multiple regression, only perceived usefulness uniquely predicted text tool use, with attitudes explaining 13.7% of variance. Findings indicate that GenAI uptake is currently text-centric and primarily associated with perceived usefulness/performance expectancy, while perceived teacher support (facilitating conditions) shows weak links to use. generative AI lower secondary students students’ attitudes generativna umetna inteligenca srednje šole učenci stališča učencev true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2026-03-20 08:36:53 2026-03-20 08:36:54 2026-03-21 03:11:27 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 17 str. št. 5, [št. članka] 2539 Letn. 16 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 2026-02-25 2026-03-06 373.5.:004 272333059 10.3390/app16052539 2076-3417 RAZ_Arcet_Barbara_2026.pdf RAZ_Arcet_Barbara_2026.pdf 1 1D05096D8EB65884EE862FE322AF23E9 b57a9cb331ce2c23ed3eb6df2eb40ba56fb3b6a259ef13de9d9c8abca390bbd6 2207e6cb-2430-11f1-8d16-00155d0001a1 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=204675 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/16/5/2539 1 9205688d-242f-11f1-8d16-00155d0001a1 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=204674 Fakulteta za naravoslovje in matematiko Pedagoška fakulteta 0 0 0