2 papers
cs.HC2026
Adaptive Scaffolding Needs Contingency: An AI Tutor That Escalates and Fades on What the Learner Does
Xinmeng Hou, Yuxuan Weng, Chin Hsien Yeh +5
Coding assistants raise task performance, but learners plan and monitor less. Giving less away, the usual fix, conflates two things: how much work a system carries (cognitive load)…
cs.AI2026
Learn Like Humans: Use Meta-cognitive Reflection for Efficient Self-Improvement
Xinmeng Hou, Peiliang Gong, Bohao Qu +3
While Large Language Models (LLMs) enable complex autonomous behavior, current agents remain constrained by static, human-designed prompts that limit adaptability. Existing self-im…