Pensieve Discuss: Scalable Small-Group CS Tutoring System with AI
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| author | Yang, Yoonseok Liu, Jack Zamfirescu-Pereira, J. D. DeNero, John |
| author_facet | Yang, Yoonseok Liu, Jack Zamfirescu-Pereira, J. D. DeNero, John |
| contents | Small-group tutoring in Computer Science (CS) is effective, but presents the challenge of providing a dedicated tutor for each group and encouraging collaboration among group members at scale. We present Pensieve Discuss, a software platform that integrates synchronous editing for scaffolded programming problems with online human and AI tutors, designed to improve student collaboration and experience during group tutoring sessions. Our semester-long deployment to 800 students in a CS1 course demonstrated consistently high collaboration rates, positive feedback about the AI tutor's helpfulness and correctness, increased satisfaction with the group tutoring experience, and a substantial increase in question volume. The use of our system was preferred over an interface lacking AI tutors and synchronous editing capabilities. Our experiences suggest that small-group tutoring sessions are an important avenue for future research in educational AI. |
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| spellingShingle | Pensieve Discuss: Scalable Small-Group CS Tutoring System with AI Yang, Yoonseok Liu, Jack Zamfirescu-Pereira, J. D. DeNero, John Computers and Society Artificial Intelligence Human-Computer Interaction Small-group tutoring in Computer Science (CS) is effective, but presents the challenge of providing a dedicated tutor for each group and encouraging collaboration among group members at scale. We present Pensieve Discuss, a software platform that integrates synchronous editing for scaffolded programming problems with online human and AI tutors, designed to improve student collaboration and experience during group tutoring sessions. Our semester-long deployment to 800 students in a CS1 course demonstrated consistently high collaboration rates, positive feedback about the AI tutor's helpfulness and correctness, increased satisfaction with the group tutoring experience, and a substantial increase in question volume. The use of our system was preferred over an interface lacking AI tutors and synchronous editing capabilities. Our experiences suggest that small-group tutoring sessions are an important avenue for future research in educational AI. |
| title | Pensieve Discuss: Scalable Small-Group CS Tutoring System with AI |
| topic | Computers and Society Artificial Intelligence Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.17007 |