6 papers
From Substitution to Scaffolding: Breaking the Self-Reinforcing Harm Cycle of AI in Education (and Beyond)
Lucile Favero, Juan Antonio Pérez-Ortiz, Tanja Käser +1
Artificial intelligence is being adopted in educational settings faster than its consequences are understood. We argue that the central risk is misalignment: AI that eliminates hum…
Beyond Holistic Scores: Automatic Trait-Based Quality Scoring of Argumentative Essays
Lucile Favero, Juan Antonio Pérez-Ortiz, Tanja Käser +1
Automated Essay Scoring systems have traditionally focused on holistic scores, limiting their pedagogical usefulness, especially in the case of complex essay genres such as argumen…
AI in Education Beyond Learning Outcomes: Cognition, Agency, Emotion, and Ethics
Lucile Favero, Juan Antonio Pérez-Ortiz, Tanja Käser +1
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly being integrated into educational contexts, promising personalized support and increased efficiency. However, growing evidence suggests that…
Leveraging Small LLMs for Argument Mining in Education: Argument Component Identification, Classification, and Assessment
Lucile Favero, Juan Antonio Pérez-Ortiz, Tanja Käser +1
Argument mining algorithms analyze the argumentative structure of essays, making them a valuable tool for enhancing education by providing targeted feedback on the students' argume…
Do AI tutors empower or enslave learners? Toward a critical use of AI in education
Lucile Favero, Juan-Antonio Pérez-Ortiz, Tanja Käser +1
The increasing integration of AI tools in education presents both opportunities and challenges, particularly regarding the development of the students' critical thinking skills. Th…
ELLIS Alicante at CQs-Gen 2025: Winning the critical thinking questions shared task: LLM-based question generation and selection
Lucile Favero, Daniel Frases, Juan Antonio Pérez-Ortiz +2
The widespread adoption of chat interfaces based on Large Language Models (LLMs) raises concerns about promoting superficial learning and undermining the development of critical th…