2 papers
cs.CY2025
Efficacy of a Computer Tutor that Models Expert Human Tutors
Andrew M. Olney, Sidney K. D'Mello, Natalie Person +6
Tutoring is highly effective for promoting learning. However, the contribution of expertise to tutoring effectiveness is unclear and continues to be debated. We conducted a 9-week…
cs.AI2024
Aligning Tutor Discourse Supporting Rigorous Thinking with Tutee Content Mastery for Predicting Math Achievement
Mark Abdelshiheed, Jennifer K. Jacobs, Sidney K. D'Mello
This work investigates how tutoring discourse interacts with students' proximal knowledge to explain and predict students' learning outcomes. Our work is conducted in the context o…