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This study investigates the application of large language models (LLMs), specifically GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, with Chain-of-Though (CoT) in the automatic scoring of student-written responses to science assessments. We focused on overcoming the…

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Recently published work titled Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt When Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task by Kosmyna et al. (2025) has sparked a vivid debate on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Milos Stankovic , Ella Hirche , Sarah Kollatzsch , Julia Nadine Doetsch

As large language models (LLMs) are increasingly considered for automated assessment and feedback, understanding when LLM marking can be trusted is essential. We evaluate LLM-as-a-judge marking across three physics assessment formats -…

Physics Education · Physics 2026-03-17 Will Yeadon , Tom Hardy , Paul Mackay , Elise Agra

Recent research has explored the creation of questions from code submitted by students. These Questions about Learners' Code (QLCs) are created through program analysis, exploring execution paths, and then creating code comprehension…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-04-19 Teemu Lehtinen , Charles Koutcheme , Arto Hellas

Large Language Models (LLMs) are democratizing access to personalized tutoring; however, their effectiveness is hindered by challenges in processing multimodal content, which limits AI's potential to provide equitable, high-quality STEM…

Several Deep Learning (DL)-based techniques have been proposed to automate code review. Still, it is unclear the extent to which these approaches can recommend quality improvements as a human reviewer. We study the similarities and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Giuseppe Crupi , Rosalia Tufano , Gabriele Bavota

Quantum cryptography is a central topic in the quantum technology field that is particularly important for secure communication. The training of qualified experts in this field is necessary for continuous development. However, the abstract…

Physics Education · Physics 2024-11-05 Atakan Coban , David Dzsotjan , Stefan Küchemann , Jürgen Durst , Jochen Kuhn , Christoph Hoyer

Analyzing students' written solutions to physics questions is a major area in PER. However, gauging student understanding in college courses is bottlenecked by large class sizes, which limits assessments to a multiple-choice (MC) format for…

Physics Education · Physics 2026-05-11 Sean Savage , N. Sanjay Rebello

This study explores the application of Large Language Models (LLMs), specifically GPT-4, in the analysis of classroom dialogue, a crucial research task for both teaching diagnosis and quality improvement. Recognizing the knowledge-intensive…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Yun Long , Haifeng Luo , Yu Zhang

GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 are the two most widely used large language model (LLM) services. However, when and how these models are updated over time is opaque. Here, we evaluate the March 2023 and June 2023 versions of GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 on several…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-11-01 Lingjiao Chen , Matei Zaharia , James Zou

Large language models (LLMs), including OpenAI's GPT-series, have made significant advancements in recent years. Known for their expertise across diverse subject areas and quick adaptability to user-provided prompts, LLMs hold unique…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-09 Michael Vaccaro , Mikayla Friday , Arash Zaghi

The advent of large language models is reshaping computing education. Recent research has demonstrated that these models can produce better explanations than students, answer multiple-choice questions at or above the class average, and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-11-10 Irene Hou , Owen Man , Sophie Mettille , Sebastian Gutierrez , Kenneth Angelikas , Stephen MacNeil

Generative artificial intelligences, particularly large language models (LLMs), play an increasingly prominent role in human decision-making contexts, necessitating transparency about their capabilities. While prior studies have shown…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-30 Lydia Uhler , Verena Jordan , Jürgen Buder , Markus Huff , Frank Papenmeier

The paper aims to fulfil three main functions: (1) to serve as an introduction for the physics education community to the functioning of Large Language Models (LLMs), (2) to present a series of illustrative examples demonstrating how…

Physics Education · Physics 2024-01-31 Giulia Polverini , Bor Gregorcic

In response to the increasing mental health challenges faced by college students, we sought to understand their perspectives on how AI applications, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), can be leveraged to enhance their mental…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Owen Xingjian Zhang , Shuyao Zhou , Jiayi Geng , Yuhan Liu , Sunny Xun Liu

The manual assessment and grading of student writing is a time-consuming yet critical task for teachers. Recent developments in generative AI, such as large language models, offer potential solutions to facilitate essay-scoring tasks for…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Kathrin Seßler , Maurice Fürstenberg , Babette Bühler , Enkelejda Kasneci

Providing personalized, detailed feedback at scale in large undergraduate STEM courses remains a persistent challenge. We present an empirically evaluated practice exam system that integrates AI generated feedback with targeted textbook…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Mak Ahmad , Prerna Ravi , David Karger , Marc Facciotti

This paper presents a comprehensive survey of ChatGPT-related (GPT-3.5 and GPT-4) research, state-of-the-art large language models (LLM) from the GPT series, and their prospective applications across diverse domains. Indeed, key innovations…

This paper provides an in-depth evaluation of three state-of-the-art Large Language Models (LLMs) for personalized career mentoring in the computing field, using three distinct student profiles that consider gender, race, and professional…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-12-16 Xiao Luo , Sean O'Connell , Shamima Mithun

The authors of this study aim to assess the capabilities of the OpenAI ChatGPT tool to understand just how effective such a system might be for students to utilize in their studies as well as deepen understanding of faculty/staff and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-08-31 Lance White , Trini Balart , Sara Amani , Kristi J. Shryock , Karan L. Watson