11 citations
3 papers
cs.CL2025★ 1 cited
Finding Words Associated with DIF: Predicting Differential Item Functioning using LLMs and Explainable AI
Hotaka Maeda, Yikai Lu
We fine-tuned and compared several encoder-based Transformer large language models (LLM) to predict differential item functioning (DIF) from the item text. We then applied explaina…
physics.ed-ph2023★ 11 cited
Instructional Strategies that Foster Effective Problem-Solving
Chandralekha Singh, Alexandru Maries, Kenneth Heller +1
Helping students become proficient problem solvers is a major goal of many physics courses from introductory to advanced levels. In fact, physics has often been used by cognitive s…
stat.OT2021★ 7 cited
Facilitating team-based data science: lessons learned from the DSC-WAV project
Chelsey Legacy, Andrew Zieffler, Benjamin S. Baumer +2
While coursework provides undergraduate data science students with some relevant analytic skills, many are not given the rich experiences with data and computing they need to be su…