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This study systematically reviews the transformative role of Tutoring Systems, encompassing Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) and Robot Tutoring Systems (RTS), in addressing global educational challenges through advanced technologies. As…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-03-14 Vincent Liu , Ehsan Latif , Xiaoming Zhai

Large language models (LLMs) have been used for diverse tasks in natural language processing (NLP), yet remain under-explored for task-oriented dialogue systems (TODS), especially for end-to-end TODS. We present InstructTODS, a novel…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-10-16 Willy Chung , Samuel Cahyawijaya , Bryan Wilie , Holy Lovenia , Pascale Fung

Generative large language models (LLMs) with instruct training such as GPT-4 can follow human-provided instruction prompts and generate human-like responses to these prompts. Apart from natural language responses, they have also been found…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-09-29 Sumit Kumar Jha , Susmit Jha , Patrick Lincoln , Nathaniel D. Bastian , Alvaro Velasquez , Rickard Ewetz , Sandeep Neema

Effectively supporting students in mastering all facets of self-regulated learning is a central aim of teachers and educational researchers. Prior research could demonstrate that formative feedback is an effective way to support students…

Physics Education · Physics 2024-12-31 Steffen Steinert , Karina E. Avila , Stefan Ruzika , Jochen Kuhn , Stefan Küchemann

As the recent Large Language Models(LLM's) become increasingly competent in zero-shot and few-shot reasoning across various domains, educators are showing a growing interest in leveraging these LLM's in conversation-based tutoring systems.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-03-22 Minju Park , Sojung Kim , Seunghyun Lee , Soonwoo Kwon , Kyuseok Kim

Educational Personalized Learning Path Planning (PLPP) aims to tailor learning experiences to individual learners' needs, enhancing learning efficiency and engagement. Despite its potential, traditional PLPP systems often lack adaptability,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-07-17 Chee Ng , Yuen Fung

As large language models (LLMs) become more common in educational tools and programming environments, questions arise about how these systems should interact with users. This study investigates how different interaction styles with…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Kai Deng

Large language models (LLMs) often struggle to learn from corrective feedback within a conversational context. They are rarely proactive in soliciting this feedback, even when faced with ambiguity, which can make their dialogues feel…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Jonathan Cook , Diego Antognini , Martin Klissarov , Claudiu Musat , Edward Grefenstette

Artificial intelligence has been applied in various aspects of online education to facilitate teaching and learning. However, few approaches has been made toward a complete AI-powered tutoring system. In this work, we explore the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-08-06 Yulin Chen , Ning Ding , Hai-Tao Zheng , Zhiyuan Liu , Maosong Sun , Bowen Zhou

Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly employed as AI tutors due to their scalability and potential for personalized instruction. However, off-the-shelf LLMs often underperform in educational settings: they frequently reveal answers…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Shuzhou Yuan , William LaCroix , Hardik Ghoshal , Ercong Nie , Michael Färber

With the proliferation of large language model (LLM) applications since 2022, their use in education has sparked both excitement and concern. Recent studies consistently highlight students' (mis)use of LLMs can hinder learning outcomes.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Ruiwei Xiao , Xinying Hou , Runlong Ye , Majeed Kazemitabaar , Nicholas Diana , Michael Liut , John Stamper

This paper explores the potential of constructing an AI spoken dialogue system that "thinks how to respond" and "thinks how to speak" simultaneously, which more closely aligns with the human speech production process compared to the current…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-09-21 Xinyu Zhou , Delong Chen , Yudong Chen

Large Language Models (LLMs) have found several use cases in education, ranging from automatic question generation to essay evaluation. In this paper, we explore the potential of using Large Language Models (LLMs) to author Intelligent…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-04-26 Sankalan Pal Chowdhury , Vilém Zouhar , Mrinmaya Sachan

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

Designing dialog tutors has been challenging as it involves modeling the diverse and complex pedagogical strategies employed by human tutors. Although there have been significant recent advances in neural conversational systems using large…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-03-29 Jakub Macina , Nico Daheim , Lingzhi Wang , Tanmay Sinha , Manu Kapur , Iryna Gurevych , Mrinmaya Sachan

Language models have steadily increased in size over the past few years. They achieve a high level of performance on various natural language processing (NLP) tasks such as question answering and summarization. Large language models (LLMs)…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-01-31 Jessica Huynh , Cathy Jiao , Prakhar Gupta , Shikib Mehri , Payal Bajaj , Vishrav Chaudhary , Maxine Eskenazi

This research presents a comprehensive methodology for utilizing an ontology-driven structured prompts system in interplay with ChatGPT, a widely used large language model (LLM). The study develops formal models, both information and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-07-12 Oleksandr Palagin , Vladislav Kaverinskiy , Anna Litvin , Kyrylo Malakhov

Large language Models (LLMs) are usually used to answer questions, but many high-stakes applications (e.g., tutoring, clinical support) require the complementary skill of asking questions: detecting missing information, requesting…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-07 Rajeev Bhatt Ambati , Tianyi Niu , Aashu Singh , Shlok Mishra , Snigdha Chaturvedi , Shashank Srivastava

Conversational tutoring systems (CTSs) offer learning experiences through interactions based on natural language. They are recognized for promoting cognitive engagement and improving learning outcomes, especially in reasoning tasks.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-04-29 Robin Schmucker , Meng Xia , Amos Azaria , Tom Mitchell

Large Language Models (LLMs) exhibit impressive performance across various domains but still struggle with arithmetic reasoning tasks. Recent work shows the effectiveness of prompt design methods in enhancing reasoning capabilities.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-11 Wenting Tan , Dongxiao Chen , Jieting Xue , Zihao Wang , Taijie Chen