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Chat interfaces for intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) enable interactivity and flexibility. However, when students interact with chat interfaces, they expect dialogue-driven navigation from the system and can express frustration and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-02-24 Ella Cutler , Zachary Levonian , S. Thomas Christie

We present a novel intelligent tutoring system which builds upon well-established hypotheses in educational psychology and incorporates them inside of a scalable software architecture. Specifically, we build upon the known benefits of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Bhairav Mehta , Adithya Ramanathan

The interdisciplinary research domain of Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) has a long history of developing Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) by integrating insights from technological advancements, educational theories, and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Kaushal Kumar Maurya , Ekaterina Kochmar

Humans are talented with the ability to perform diverse interactions in the teaching process. However, when humans want to teach AI, existing interactive systems only allow humans to perform repetitive labeling, causing an unsatisfactory…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Zhongyi Zhou

Reinforcement learning (RL) has driven recent breakthroughs in large language models (LLMs), especially for tasks where rewards can be computed automatically, such as code generation. However, it is less effective in open-ended medical…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Pengkai Wang , Pengwei Liu , Qi Zuo , Zhijie Sang , Congkai Xie , Hongxia Yang

An Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) has been shown to improve students' learning outcomes by providing a personalized curriculum that addresses individual needs of every student. However, despite the effectiveness and efficiency that ITS…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-09-22 Byungsoo Kim , Hongseok Suh , Jaewe Heo , Youngduck Choi

Nowadays, Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) are so regarded in order to improve education quality via new technologies in this area. One of the problems is that the language of ITSs is different from the learner's. It forces the learners…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2013-04-17 Hossein Movafegh Ghadirli , Maryam Rastgarpour

Teaching programming in early childhood (4-9) to enhance computational thinking has gained popularity in the recent movement of computer science for all. However, current practices ignore some fundamental issues resulting from young…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-05-03 Changjae Lee , Jinjun Xiong

The growing enrollments in computer science courses and increase in class sizes necessitate scalable, automated tutoring solutions to adequately support student learning. While Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4 have demonstrated…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-07-31 Ty Feng , Sa Liu , Dipak Ghosal

Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) have shown great potential in delivering personalized and adaptive education, but their widespread adoption has been hindered by the need for specialized programming and design skills. Existing approaches…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Tommaso Calo , Christopher J. MacLellan

AI-based Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) have significant potential to transform teaching and learning. As efforts continue to design, develop, and integrate ITS into educational contexts, mixed results about their effectiveness have…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-07-28 Meriem Zerkouk , Miloud Mihoubi , Belkacem Chikhaoui

Task-oriented dialog(TOD) aims to assist users in achieving specific goals through multi-turn conversation. Recently, good results have been obtained based on large pre-trained models. However, the labeled-data scarcity hinders the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-12-26 Zhitong Yang , Xing Ma , Anqi Liu , Zheyu Zhang

Recent advances in artificial intelligence have created new possibilities for making education more scalable, adaptive, and learner-centered. However, existing educational chatbot systems often lack contextual adaptability, real-time…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Mohamed El Hajji , Tarek Ait Baha , Aicha Dakir , Hammou Fadili , Youssef Es-Saady

Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) enhance personalized learning by predicting student answers to provide immediate and customized instruction. However, recent research has primarily focused on the correctness of the answer rather than the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-05-31 Elena Grazia Gado , Tommaso Martorella , Luca Zunino , Paola Mejia-Domenzain , Vinitra Swamy , Jibril Frej , Tanja Käser

Online Learning Management Systems (LMSs), such as Blackboard and Canvas, have existed for decades. Yet, course readings, when provided at all, consistently exist as simple digital twins to their real-life counterparts. While online tools…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-01-08 Audrey Olson , Pratyusha Maiti , Ashok Goel

While intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) can use information from past students to personalize instruction, each new student is unique. Moreover, the education problem is inherently difficult because the learning process is only partially…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Jeffrey Jiang , Kevin Hong , Emily Kuczynski , Gregory Pottie

This paper investigates personalization in the field of intelligent tutoring systems (ITS). We hypothesize that personalization in the way questions are asked improves student learning outcomes. Previous work on dialogue-based ITS…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-06-29 Sabina Elkins , Robert Belfer , Ekaterina Kochmar , Iulian Serban , Jackie C. K. Cheung

This paper provides interested beginners with an updated and detailed introduction to the field of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS). ITSs are computer programs that use artificial intelligence techniques to enhance and personalize…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-12-27 Ali Alkhatlan , Jugal Kalita

Conversational tutoring systems (CTSs) offer learning experiences driven by natural language interaction. They are known to promote high levels of cognitive engagement and benefit learning outcomes, particularly in reasoning tasks.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-11-15 Robin Schmucker , Meng Xia , Amos Azaria , Tom Mitchell

Intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) are effective in helping students learn; further research could make them even more effective. Particularly desirable is research into how students learn with these systems, how these systems best support…