3 papers
cs.CL2026
PromptNCE: Pointwise Mutual Information Predictions Using Only LLMs and Contrastive Estimation Prompts
Juliette Woodrow, Chris Piech
Estimating mutual information from text usually requires training a task-specific critic, which limits its use in low-data settings. We ask whether large language models can instea…
cs.CY2025
The GPT Surprise: Offering Large Language Model Chat in a Massive Coding Class Reduced Engagement but Increased Adopters Exam Performances
Allen Nie, Yash Chandak, Miroslav Suzara +6
Large language models (LLMs) are quickly being adopted in a wide range of learning experiences, especially via ubiquitous and broadly accessible chat interfaces like ChatGPT and Co…
cs.CY2024
TeachNow: Enabling Teachers to Provide Spontaneous, Realtime 1:1 Help in Massive Online Courses
Ali Malik, Juliette Woodrow, Chao Wang +1
One-on-one help from a teacher is highly impactful for students, yet extremely challenging to support in massive online courses (MOOCs). In this work, we present TeachNow: a novel…