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most citedBeyond Flesch-Kincaid: Prompt-based Metrics Improve Difficulty Classification of Educational Texts

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cs.CL2026

The Role of Implicit and Explicit Demographic Signals in Large Language Model-based Student Assessment

Donya Rooein, Luca Benedetto, Dirk Hovy

Large Language Models are now common in student assessment, but we know little about how student demographics affect their use. Sometimes, considering student demographics may be n…

cs.CL2026

Symphony of Bias: Exploring Gender Associations with Musical Instruments in Multimodal LLMs

Farhan Farsi, Shayan Bali, Mohammad Heydari Rad +2

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly embedded in everyday life and widely used for information seeking, raising concerns about their potential to perpetuate social biases…

cs.CL2026

Can LLMs Model Incorrect Student Reasoning? A Case Study on Distractor Generation

Yanick Zengaffinen, Andreas Opedal, Donya Rooein +3

Modeling student misconceptions in a realistic manner is critical for AI in education. In this work, we examine how large language models (LLMs) reason about misconceptions when ge…

cs.CL2026

PATS: Personality-Aware Teaching Strategies with Large Language Model Tutors

Donya Rooein, Sankalan Pal Chowdhury, Mariia Eremeeva +4

Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) demonstrate their potential as educational tutors. However, different tutoring strategies benefit different student personalities, a…

cs.CL2025

Teacher Demonstrations in a BabyLM's Zone of Proximal Development for Contingent Multi-Turn Interaction

Suchir Salhan, Hongyi Gu, Donya Rooein +5

Multi-turn dialogues between a child and a caregiver are characterized by a property called contingency - that is, prompt, direct, and meaningful exchanges between interlocutors. W…

cs.CL20251 cited

Biased Tales: Cultural and Topic Bias in Generating Children's Stories

Donya Rooein, Vilém Zouhar, Debora Nozza +1

Stories play a pivotal role in human communication, shaping beliefs and morals, particularly in children. As parents increasingly rely on large language models (LLMs) to craft bedt…