4 papers
Evidence-Decision-Feedback: Theory-Driven Adaptive Scaffolding for LLM Agents
Clayton Cohn, Siyuan Guo, Surya Rayala +11
LLMs offer tremendous opportunities for pedagogical agents to help students construct knowledge and develop problem-solving skills, yet many of these agents operate on a "one-size-…
A Theory-Guided LLM Pedagogical Agent for STEM+C Scaffolding Without Over-Reliance
Clayton Cohn, Surya Rayala, Siyuan Guo +13
LLM pedagogical agents are proliferating, yet recent findings have raised questions about their adherence to established theories of learning and, by extension, their educational v…
Personalizing Student-Agent Interactions Using Log-Contextualized Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Clayton Cohn, Surya Rayala, Caitlin Snyder +10
Collaborative dialogue offers rich insights into students' learning and critical thinking, which is essential for personalizing pedagogical agent interactions in STEM+C settings. W…
LearnLens: An AI-Enhanced Dashboard to Support Teachers in Open-Ended Classrooms
Namrata Srivastava, Shruti Jain, Clayton Cohn +3
Exploratory learning environments (ELEs), such as simulation-based platforms and open-ended science curricula, promote hands-on exploration and problem-solving but make it difficul…