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Research synthesis is AI-generated, human reviewed. Updated 03/2025.
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How Do Teachers Create Pedagogical Chatbots?: Current Practices and Challenges
Minju Yoo, Hyoungwook Jin, Juho Kim. (03/2025). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.00967
Protecting Human Cognition in the Age of AI
Anjali Singh, Karan Taneja, Zhitong Guan, Avijit Ghosh. (02/2025). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.12447
EdgeAIGuard: Agentic LLMs for Minor Protection in Digital Spaces
Ghulam Mujtaba, Sunder Ali Khowaja, Kapal Dev. (02/2025). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.00092
VTutor: An Open-Source SDK for Generative AI-Powered Animated Pedagogical Agents with Multi-Media Output
Eason Chen, Chenyu Lin, Xinyi Tang, Aprille Xi, Canwen Wang, Jionghao Lin, Kenneth R. Koedinger. (02/2025). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.04103
MindCraft: Revolutionizing Education through AI-Powered Personalized Learning and Mentorship for Rural India
Arihant Bardia, Aayush Agrawal. (02/2025). arXiv. https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2502.05826
Exploring the Potential of Large Language Models for Estimating the Reading Comprehension Question Difficulty
Yoshee Jain, John Hollander, Amber He, Sunny Tang, Liang Zhang, John Sabatini. (02/2025). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.17785
Towards Adaptive Feedback with AI: Comparing the Feedback Quality of LLMs and Teachers on Experimentation Protocols
Kathrin Seßler, Arne Bewersdorff, Claudia Nerdel, Enkelejda Kasneci. (02/2025). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.12842
Unveiling Scoring Processes: Dissecting the Differences between LLMs and Human Graders in Automatic Scoring
Xuansheng Wu, Padmaja Pravin Saraf, Gyeonggeon Lee, Ehsan Latif, Ninghao Liu, Xiaoming Zhai. (02/2025). arXiv. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.18328v2
Understanding Generative AI Risks for Youth: A Taxonomy Based on Empirical Data
Yaman Yu, Yiren Liu, Jacky Zhang, Yun Huang, Yang Wang. (02/2025). arXiv. https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2502.16383
Improve LLM-based Automatic Essay Scoring with Linguistic Features
Zhaoyi Joey Hou, Alejandro Ciuba, Xiang Lorraine Li. (02/2025). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.09497
The Advancement of Personalized Learning Potentially Accelerated by Generative AI
Yuang Wei, Yuan-Hao Jiang, Jiayi Liu, Changyong Qi, Linzhao Jia, Rui Jia. (02/2025). arXiv. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.00691v2
Scaffolding Middle-School Mathematics Curricula With Large Language Models
Rizwaan Malik, Dorna Abdi, Rose Wang, Dorottya Demszky. (02/2025). British Journal of Educational Technology. https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjet.13571?af=R
Co-designing Large Language Model Tools for Project-Based Learning with K-12 Educators
Prerna Ravi, John Masla, Gisella Kakoti, Grace C. Lin, Emma Anderson, Matt Taylor, Anastasia K. Ostrowski, Cynthia Breazeal, Eric Klopfer, Hal Abelson. (02/2025). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.09799
Position: LLMs Can be Good Tutors in Foreign Language Education
Jingheng Ye, Shen Wang, Deqing Zhou, Yibo Yan, Kun Wang, Hai-Tao Zheng, Zenglin Xu, Irwin King, Philip S. Yu, Qingsong Wen. (02/2025). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.05467
The Imitation Game for Educational AI
Shashank Sonkar, Naiming Liu, Xinghe Chen, Richard G. Baraniuk. (02/2025). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.15127
A Novel Approach to Scalable and Automatic Topic-Controlled Question Generation in Education
Ziqing Li, Mutlu Cukurova, Sahan Bulathwela. (01/2025). arXiv. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.05220v1
Education in the Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI): Understanding the Potential Benefits of ChatGPT in Promoting Teaching and Learning
David Baidoo-Anu, Leticia Owusu Ansah. (01/2025). SSRN. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4337484
A Review of Artificial Intelligence Interventions for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sofia Kotsi, Spyridoula Handrinou, Georgia Iatraki, Spyridon-Georgios Soulis. (01/2025). MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7272/5/1/7
Auto-Evaluation: A Critical Measure in Driving Improvements in Quality and Safety of AI-Generated Lesson Resources
Hannah-Beth Clark, Margaux Dowland, Laura Benton, Reka Budai, Ibrahim Kaan Keskin, Emma Searle, Matthew Gregory, Mark Hodierne, William Gayne, John Roberts. (01/2025). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.10410
Evaluating GenAl for Simplifying Texts for Education: Improving Accuracy and Consistency for Enhanced Readability
Stephanie L. Day, Jacapo Cirica, Steven R. Clapp, Veronika Penkova, Amy E. Giroux, Abbey Banta, Catherine Bordeau, Poojitha Mutteneni, Ben D. Sawyer. (01/2025). arXiv. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.09158v1
IntelliChain: An Integrated Framework for Enhanced Socratic Method Dialogue with LLMs and Knowledge Graphs
Changyong Qi, Linzhao Jia, Yuang Wei, Yuan-Hao Jiang, Xiaoqing Gu. (01/2025). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.00010
Generative AI in Education: From Foundational Insights to the Socratic Playground for Learning
Xiangen Hu, Sheng Xu, Richard Tong, & Art Graesser. (01/2025). arXiv. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.06682v1
Fine-tuning ChatGPT for Automatic Scoring of Written Scientific Explanations in Chinese
Jie Yang, Ehsan Latif, Yuze He, Xiaoming Zhai. (01/2025). arXiv. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.06704v1
Debugging Without Error Messages
How LLM Prompting Strategy Affects Programming Error Explanation EffectivenessAudrey Salmon, Katie Hammer, Eddie Antonio Santos, Brett A. Becker. (01/2025). arXiv. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.05706v1
Enhancing textual textbook question answering with large language models and retrieval augmented generation
Hessa A. Alawwad, Areej Alhothali, Usman Naseem, Ali Alkhathlan, Amani Jamal. (01/2025). arXiv. http://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.05128v3
Is ChatGPT Massively Used by Students Nowadays? A Survey on the Use of Large Language Models such as ChatGPT in Educational Settings
Jérémie Sublime, Ilaria Renna. (12/2024). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.17486
LearnLM: Improving Gemini for Learning
LearnLM Team, Google. (12/2024). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.16429
Unifying AI Tutor Evaluation: An Evaluation Taxonomy for Pedagogical Ability Assessment of LLM-Powered AI Tutors
Kaushal Kumar Maurya, KV Aditya Srivatsa, Kseniia Petukhova, Ekaterina Kochmar. (12/2024). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.09416
From Unseen Needs to Classroom Solutions: Exploring AI Literacy Challenges & Opportunities with Project-Based Learning Toolkit in K-12 Education
Hanqi Li, Ruiwei Xiao, Hsuan Nieu, Ying-Jui Tseng, Guanze Liao. (12/2024). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.17243