MusicScaffold: Bridging Machine Efficiency and Human Growth in Adolescent Creative Education through Generative AI

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Main Authors: Hu, Zhejing, Liu, Yan, Zhang, Zhi, Chen, Gong, Yu, Bruce X. B., Li, Junxian, Cao, Jiannong
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Published: 2025
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author Hu, Zhejing
Liu, Yan
Zhang, Zhi
Chen, Gong
Yu, Bruce X. B.
Li, Junxian
Cao, Jiannong
author_facet Hu, Zhejing
Liu, Yan
Zhang, Zhi
Chen, Gong
Yu, Bruce X. B.
Li, Junxian
Cao, Jiannong
contents Adolescence is marked by strong creative impulses but limited strategies for structured expression, often leading to frustration or disengagement. While generative AI lowers technical barriers and delivers efficient outputs, its role in fostering adolescents' expressive growth has been overlooked. We propose MusicScaffold, the first adolescent-centered framework that repositions AI as a guide, coach, and partner, making expressive strategies transparent and learnable, and supporting autonomy. In a four-week study with middle school students (ages 12--14), MusicScaffold enhanced cognitive specificity, behavioral self-regulation, and affective confidence in music creation. By reframing generative AI as a scaffold rather than a generator, this work bridges the machine efficiency of generative systems with human growth in adolescent creative education.
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spellingShingle MusicScaffold: Bridging Machine Efficiency and Human Growth in Adolescent Creative Education through Generative AI
Hu, Zhejing
Liu, Yan
Zhang, Zhi
Chen, Gong
Yu, Bruce X. B.
Li, Junxian
Cao, Jiannong
Human-Computer Interaction
Adolescence is marked by strong creative impulses but limited strategies for structured expression, often leading to frustration or disengagement. While generative AI lowers technical barriers and delivers efficient outputs, its role in fostering adolescents' expressive growth has been overlooked. We propose MusicScaffold, the first adolescent-centered framework that repositions AI as a guide, coach, and partner, making expressive strategies transparent and learnable, and supporting autonomy. In a four-week study with middle school students (ages 12--14), MusicScaffold enhanced cognitive specificity, behavioral self-regulation, and affective confidence in music creation. By reframing generative AI as a scaffold rather than a generator, this work bridges the machine efficiency of generative systems with human growth in adolescent creative education.
title MusicScaffold: Bridging Machine Efficiency and Human Growth in Adolescent Creative Education through Generative AI
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10327