5 papers
Language Preferences and Practices in Multilingual EdTech: Flexible Primary Language Use with Secondary Language Support
Christine Kwon, Phenyo Phemelo Moletsane, Michael W. Asher +6
The benefits of learning in one's mother tongue are well documented, yet colonial languages dominate education, marginalizing local languages and limiting access for learners who r…
Generate-Then-Validate: A Novel Question Generation Approach Using Small Language Models
Yumou Wei, John Stamper, Paulo F. Carvalho
We explore the use of small language models (SLMs) for automatic question generation as a complement to the prevalent use of their large counterparts in learning analytics research…
Small but Significant: On the Promise of Small Language Models for Accessible AIED
Yumou Wei, Paulo Carvalho, John Stamper
GPT has become nearly synonymous with large language models (LLMs), an increasingly popular term in AIED proceedings. A simple keyword-based search reveals that 61% of the 76 long…
KCluster: An LLM-based Clustering Approach to Knowledge Component Discovery
Yumou Wei, Paulo Carvalho, John Stamper
Educators evaluate student knowledge using knowledge component (KC) models that map assessment questions to KCs. Still, designing KC models for large question banks remains an insu…
Does the Doer Effect Exist Beyond WEIRD Populations? Toward Analytics in Radio and Phone-Based Learning
Darren Butler, Conrad Borchers, Michael W. Asher +7
The Doer Effect states that completing more active learning activities, like practice questions, is more strongly related to positive learning outcomes than passive learning activi…