arXiv AI

PIVOT: Preference-based Intervention Vectors for Pedagogical Tutor Steering

arXiv:2608. 07509v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: LLMs are increasingly used for conversational tutoring, but effective tutoring requires more than correct answers.

arXiv AI
Jul 23

Mitigating Scaffolding Collapse in Socratic Tutors via Representation Alignment

arXiv:2607. 19371v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language model (LLM)-based Socratic tutors increasingly guide students through multi-turn questioning, but they can suffer from scaffolding collapse: under sustained student pressure, a tutor gradually abandons guided inquiry and reveals solutions directly.

By Jing Shao, Qifeng Wu, Hanyu Zhang, Sixia Sun, Jun Zhuang
arXiv AI
Jul 28

Beyond Direct Answering: Aligning Educational LLMs as Socratic Guides via Heuristic Reinforcement Learning

arXiv:2607. 22996v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) deployed in educational settings often behave as direct answerers: they disclose target concepts in the opening turn instead of guiding students through progressive inquiry, as Socratic pedagogy prescribes.

By Xiaokun Wang, Siyu Song, Wentao Liu, Xiaodong Zou
arXiv AI
Jul 24

AI Assistants Overassist

arXiv:2607. 21306v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used as tutors and thought partners, helping users reason through problems.

By Verona Teo, Raghav Jain, Tobias Gerstenberg, Max Kleiman-Weiner