The Observe-First Adaptive Tutor
A proposed tutor that seeks useful evidence before choosing how to help.
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When does a tutor respond to a learner’s reasoning?
◌ Benchmark designFrom counterfactual benchmarks to systems that observe before intervening.
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Same Error, Different Learner
A counterfactual benchmark of LLM adaptation to demonstrated learner reasoning.
Adaptive AI tutoringConnected notes
What should an AI tutor observe before intervening?
The timing of a helpful response may depend on what the system has actually seen.
Adaptive AI tutoringFrom programming tutors to physical-world learning companions
A future direction that begins with observation, not with another answer box.
Adaptive AI tutoringWhen relational-looking output no longer implies relational understanding
A polished explanation is an artifact to examine, not a transparent window into understanding.
Adaptive AI tutoringSOLO transition structures and the resolution of adaptation
How fine a change in demonstrated reasoning can a tutor respond to?
Adaptive AI tutoringWhy solution leakage is not enough to measure adaptation
A tutor can withhold the answer and still fail to respond to the learner.
Adaptive AI tutoringStructure is not the same as factual correctness
Two dimensions that a reasoning-adaptation benchmark needs to keep separate.
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Beyond the final answer
What should count as evidence of understanding when a polished artifact can be generated?
Adaptive AI tutoringPublications
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