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PRISMA 2020 flow templates

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EdTech effectiveness review.

Template previewPRISMA 2020 flow
Effectiveness of AI tutoring tools568 records identified · 3 exclusion reasonsIdentificationScreeningEligibilityIncludedRecords identified from:n = 568Databases: 540 · Registers: 28Records removed before screening —duplicates removedn = 92Records screened (title / abstract)n = 476Records excluded by reviewern = 320Reports sought for retrievaln = 156Reports not retrievedn = 9Reports assessed for eligibilityn = 147Reports excluded:n = 78Non-RCT: n = 38Adult learners (out of scope): n = 18No control group: n = 22Studies included in reviewn = 69Every record is accounted for: all 4 stages of the flow balance.OKAll 9 stated counts are whole numbers of records.OKIdentification balances: 540 + 28 − 92 = 476 `title_screened` (`excluded_auto` is not stated and read as zero).OKScreening balances: 476 − 320 = 156 `abstracts_sought`.OKRetrieval balances: 156 − 9 = 147 `fulltext_assessed` (`other_sought` and `other_unavailable` are not stated and read as zero).OKEligibility balances: 147 − 78 = 69 `studies_included`.OKThe funnel descends: all 3 stage-to-stage comparisons hold — no count is larger than the one before it.OKAll 3 exclusion reasons are named and distinct, accounting for 78 reports.

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title "Effectiveness of AI tutoring tools"
db_records 540
register_records 28
duplicates 92
title_screened 476
title_excluded 320
abstracts_sought 156
abstracts_unavailable 9
fulltext_assessed 147
exclude_reason "Non-RCT" 38
exclude_reason "Adult learners (out of scope)" 18
exclude_reason "No control group" 22
studies_included 69