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The prevailing approach to distilling reasoning from Large Language Models (LLMs)-behavioral cloning from textual rationales-is fundamentally limited. It teaches Small Language Models (SLMs) to mimic surface-level patterns rather than the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-02 Xiangyu Wen , Junhua Huang , Zeju Li , Min Li , Jianyuan Zhong , Zhijian Xu , Mingxuan Yuan , Yongxiang Huang , Qiang Xu

As AI becomes more deeply embedded in knowledge work, building assistants that support human creativity and expertise becomes more important. Yet achieving synergy in human-AI collaboration is not easy. Providing AI with detailed…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Sean Kelley , David De Cremer , Christoph Riedl

Self-reflection on learning experiences constitutes a fundamental cognitive process, essential for the consolidation of knowledge and the enhancement of learning efficacy. However, traditional methods to facilitate reflection often face…

Student simulation can support learning-by-teaching pedagogy where human students (as tutors) teach AI-simulated novice students (as tutees). Recent research often relies on prompt engineering with large language models (LLMs) to simulate…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Jiajia Song , Zhihan Guo , Jionghao Lin

The exponential growth of academic publications poses challenges for the research process, such as literature review and procedural planning. Large Language Models (LLMs) have emerged as powerful AI tools, especially when combined with…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-02-13 Joaquin Ramirez-Medina , Mohammadmehdi Ataei , Alidad Amirfazli

This demo paper describes the development of the AI Teaching \& Learning Assistant, a modular Moodle plugin that leverages Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to deliver high-quality, hallucination-free education. The system employs a…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Anna Ostrowska , Michał Kukla , Gabriela Majstrak , Jan Opala , Sebastian Pergała , Jan Skwarek , Anna Wróblewska

Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used by undergraduate students as on-demand tutors, yet their reliability on circuit- and diagram-based digital logic problems remains unclear. We present a human- AI study evaluating three…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-18 Yogeswar Reddy Thota , Setareh Rafatirad , Homayoun Houman , Tooraj Nikoubin

The development of AI agents based on large, open-domain language models (LLMs) has paved the way for the development of general-purpose AI assistants that can support human in tasks such as writing, coding, graphic design, and scientific…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Mustafa Mert Çelikok , Saptarashmi Bandyopadhyay , Robert Loftin

Lucrative career prospects and creative opportunities often attract students to enroll in computer science majors and pursue advanced studies in the field. Consequently, there has been a significant surge in enrollment in computer science…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-06-25 Neha Rani , Sharan Majumder , Ishan Bhardwaj , Pedro Guillermo Feijoo Garcia

Traditional interventions for academic procrastination often fail to capture the nuanced, individual-specific factors that underlie them. Large language models (LLMs) hold immense potential for addressing this gap by permitting open-ended…

Monolithic Large Language Models (LLMs) used in educational dialogue often behave as "black boxes," where pedagogical decisions are implicit and difficult to audit, frequently violating instructional constraints by providing answers too…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Nizam Kadir

Since the first instances of online education, where courses were uploaded to accessible and shared online platforms, this form of scaling the dissemination of human knowledge to reach a broader audience has sparked extensive discussion and…

Integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) in educational technology presents unprecedented opportunities to improve instructional design (ID), yet existing approaches often prioritize automation over pedagogical rigor and human agency. This…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-03-13 Hongming Li , Yizirui Fang , Shan Zhang , Seiyon M. Lee , Yiming Wang , Mark Trexler , Anthony F. Botelho

Caregivers (i.e., parents and members of a child's caring community) are underappreciated stakeholders in learning analytics. Although caregiver involvement can enhance student academic outcomes, many obstacles hinder involvement, most…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Devika Venugopalan , Ziwen Yan , Conrad Borchers , Jionghao Lin , Vincent Aleven

The integration of Large Language Models into Intelligent Tutoring Systems pre-sents significant challenges in aligning with diverse and often conflicting values from students, parents, teachers, and institutions. Existing architectures…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Alexandre P Uchoa , Carlo E T Oliveira , Claudia L R Motta , Daniel Schneider

Intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) using artificial intelligence (AI) technology have shown promise in supporting learners with diverse abilities. Large language models (LLMs) provide new opportunities to incorporate personas to AI-based…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-09-25 Haocong Cheng , Si Chen , Christopher Perdriau , Shriya Mokkapati , Yun Huang

Generative AI, the most popular current approach to AI, consists of large language models (LLMs) that are trained to produce outputs that are plausible, but not necessarily correct. Although their abilities are often uncanny, they are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-10 Doug Lenat , Gary Marcus

Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP) is vital in K-12 education, yet teachers struggle to implement CRP into practice due to time, training, and resource gaps. This study explores how Large Language Models (LLMs) can address these barriers by…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Jiayi Wang , Ruiwei Xiao , Xinying Hou , Hanqi Li , Ying Jui Tseng , John Stamper , Ken Koedinger

As Generative AI becomes a key component in physics education, a significant ethical challenge has emerged: the tendency of students to anthropomorphize Large Language Models (LLMs), treating them as authoritative "oracles" that retrieve…

Physics Education · Physics 2026-02-03 Eugenio Tufino

As Large Language Models increasingly automate complex, long-horizon tasks such as \emph{vibe coding}, a supervision gap has emerged. While models excel at execution, users often struggle to guide them effectively due to insufficient domain…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Enyu Zhou , Zhiheng Xi , Long Ma , Zhihao Zhang , Shihan Dou , Zhikai Lei , Guoteng Wang , Rui Zheng , Hang Yan , Tao Gui , Qi Zhang , Xuanjing Huang