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Scalable Generation and Validation of Isomorphic Physics Problems with GenAI
Naiming Liu, Leo Murch, Spencer Moore +4
Traditional synchronous STEM assessments face growing challenges including accessibility barriers, security concerns from resource-sharing platforms, and limited comparability acro…
Misconception Acquisition Dynamics in Large Language Models
Naiming Liu, Xinghe Chen, Richard Baraniuk +2
Effective educational AI depends on modeling student misconceptions. Such models enable realistic learner simulation and diagnostic, adaptive tutoring. However, instruction-tuning…
MetaCLASS: Metacognitive Coaching for Learning with Adaptive Self-regulation Support
Naiming Liu, Richard Baraniuk, Shashank Sonkar
Large language models can generate fluent explanations, but effective tutoring requires supporting the learner's thought process, not just delivering content. Metacognitive tutorin…
FoundationalASSIST: An Educational Dataset for Foundational Knowledge Tracing and Pedagogical Grounding of LLMs
Eamon Worden, Cristina Heffernan, Neil Heffernan +1
Can Large Language Models understand how students learn? As LLMs are deployed for adaptive testing and personalized tutoring, this question becomes urgent -- yet we cannot answer i…
Atomic Learning Objectives Labeling: A High-Resolution Approach for Physics Education
Naiming Liu, Shashank Sonkar, Debshila Basu Mallick +2
This paper introduces a novel approach to create a high-resolution "map" for physics learning: an "atomic" learning objectives (LOs) system designed to capture detailed cognitive p…