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Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing educational technology by enabling highly personalized and adaptive learning environments within Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS). This report delves into the integration of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-15 Subhankar Maity , Aniket Deroy

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

The paper extends an existing Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) that supports students' learning via AI-driven personalized hints and can generate explanations to justify why/how the hints were generated. In this work, we investigate…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Vedant Bahel , Harshinee Sriram , Cristina Conati

The automatic generation of hints by Large Language Models (LLMs) within Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) has shown potential to enhance student learning. However, generating pedagogically sound hints that address student misconceptions…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Junior Cedric Tonga , Benjamin Clement , Pierre-Yves Oudeyer

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

Practice and extensive exercises are essential in programming education. Intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) are a viable option to provide individualized hints and advice to programming students even when human tutors are not available.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Alina Deriyeva , Jesper Dannath , Benjamin Paassen

Intelligent tutoring systems have demonstrated effectiveness in teaching formal propositional logic proofs, but their reliance on template-based explanations limits their ability to provide personalized student feedback. While large…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-24 Sutapa Dey Tithi , Arun Kumar Ramesh , Clara DiMarco , Xiaoyi Tian , Nazia Alam , Kimia Fazeli , Tiffany Barnes

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to scale up personalized tutoring through large language models (LLMs). Recent AI tutors are adapted for the tutoring task by training or prompting LLMs to follow effective…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Alexander Scarlatos , Naiming Liu , Jaewook Lee , Richard Baraniuk , Andrew Lan

Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated the ability to generate formative feedback and instructional hints in English, making them increasingly relevant for AI-assisted education. However, their ability to provide effective…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-06 Junior Cedric Tonga , KV Aditya Srivatsa , Kaushal Kumar Maurya , Fajri Koto , Ekaterina Kochmar

With advancement in computer science research on artificial intelligence and in cognitive psychology research on human learning and performance, the next generation of computer-based tutoring systems moved beyond the simple presentation of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2013-03-01 R. Santhi , B. Priya , J. M. Nandhini

The kind of help a student receives during a task has been shown to play a significant role in their learning process. We designed an interaction scenario with a robotic tutor, in real-life settings based on an inquiry-based learning task.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-06-21 Maria Blancas-Muñoz , Vasiliki Vouloutsi , Riccardo Zucca , Anna Mura , Paul F. M. J. Verschure

Tutoring dialogues have gained significant attention in recent years, given the prominence of online learning and the emerging tutoring abilities of artificial intelligence (AI) agents powered by large language models (LLMs). Recent studies…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-07-10 Fareya Ikram , Alexander Scarlatos , Andrew Lan

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

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

Millions of learners worldwide are now using intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs). At their core, ITSs rely on machine learning algorithms to track each user's changing performance level over time to provide personalized instruction.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-09 Robin Schmucker , Tom M. Mitchell

Within intelligent tutoring systems, considerable research has investigated hints, including how to generate data-driven hints, what hint content to present, and when to provide hints for optimal learning outcomes. However, less attention…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-10-14 Mehak Maniktala , Christa Cody , Tiffany Barnes , Min Chi

Small language models (SLMs) often struggle with complex mathematical reasoning due to limited capacity to maintain long chains of intermediate steps and to recover from early errors. We address this challenge by introducing a hint-assisted…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Jawad Hossain , Xiangyu Guo , Jiawei Zhou , Chong Liu

SQL is a central component of any database course. Despite the small number of SQL commands, students struggle to practice the concepts. To overcome this challenge, we developed an intelligent tutoring system (ITS) to guide the learning…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-11-21 Sören Aguirre Reid , Frank Kammer , Johannes Kunz , Timon Pellekoorne , Markus Siepermann , Jonas Wölfer

Generative AI and large language models hold great promise in enhancing programming education by automatically generating individualized feedback for students. We investigate the role of generative AI models in providing human tutor-style…

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