Learning to Prompt: Improving Student Engagement with Adaptive LLM-based High-School Tutoring
Researchers developed an adaptive large language model tutoring system that uses subject-aware prompting and machine learning to personalize education for high-school students. Testing with 656 conversations showed the system improved instructional efficiency by reducing interactions by ~3 turns and increased exercise completion rates to 28.1% using stochastic strategy sampling, demonstrating effective sim-to-real transfer from simulation training to live student interactions.