most citedEvaluating GPT- and Reasoning-based Large Language Models on Physics Olympiad Problems: Surpassing Human Performance and Implications for Educational Assessment

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physics.ed-ph2026

"What If I Had Participated?" A Machine Learning-Based Counterfactual Analysis of Non-Participants' Success Potential in STEM Competitions: The Case of the German Physics Olympiad

Paul Tschisgale, Knut Neumann

STEM student competitions aim to identify capable, science-interested students and further support them in developing their STEM-related abilities and interests. When such students…

physics.ed-ph2026

AI-based scoring systematically underestimates conceptual understanding of linguistically weak students' explanations in physics

Markus S. Feser, Paul L. Tschisgale

Students' explanations of scientific phenomena provide important evidence of their conceptual understanding. However, because conceptual understanding can only be inferred through…

stat.AP2026

Daily and Weekly Periodicity in Large Language Model Performance and Its Implications for Research

Paul Tschisgale, Peter Wulff

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used in research as both tools and objects of study. Much of this work assumes that LLM performance under fixed conditions (identical…

physics.ed-ph2025

Developing an LLM-Based Feedback System Grounded in Evidence-Centered Design to Support Physics Problem Solving

Holger Maus, Fabian Kieser, Stefan Petersen +2

Generative AI offers new opportunities for individualized and adaptive learning, e.g., through large language model (LLM)-based feedback systems. While LLMs can produce factually c…

physics.ed-ph2025★ 13 cited

Evaluating GPT- and Reasoning-based Large Language Models on Physics Olympiad Problems: Surpassing Human Performance and Implications for Educational Assessment

Paul Tschisgale, Holger Maus, Fabian Kieser +3

Large language models (LLMs) are now widely accessible, reaching learners at all educational levels. This development has raised concerns that their use may circumvent essential le…

cs.CL2025

Evaluating NLP Embedding Models for Handling Science-Specific Symbolic Expressions in Student Texts

Tom Bleckmann, Paul Tschisgale

In recent years, natural language processing (NLP) has become integral to educational data mining, particularly in the analysis of student-generated language products. For research…