From Recall to Reasoning: Automated Question Generation for Deeper Math Learning through Large Language Models

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Autores principales: Yu, Yongan, Krantz, Alexandre, Lobczowski, Nikki G.
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author Yu, Yongan
Krantz, Alexandre
Lobczowski, Nikki G.
author_facet Yu, Yongan
Krantz, Alexandre
Lobczowski, Nikki G.
contents Educators have started to turn to Generative AI (GenAI) to help create new course content, but little is known about how they should do so. In this project, we investigated the first steps for optimizing content creation for advanced math. In particular, we looked at the ability of GenAI to produce high-quality practice problems that are relevant to the course content. We conducted two studies to: (1) explore the capabilities of current versions of publicly available GenAI and (2) develop an improved framework to address the limitations we found. Our results showed that GenAI can create math problems at various levels of quality with minimal support, but that providing examples and relevant content results in better quality outputs. This research can help educators decide the ideal way to adopt GenAI in their workflows, to create more effective educational experiences for students.
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spellingShingle From Recall to Reasoning: Automated Question Generation for Deeper Math Learning through Large Language Models
Yu, Yongan
Krantz, Alexandre
Lobczowski, Nikki G.
Artificial Intelligence
Educators have started to turn to Generative AI (GenAI) to help create new course content, but little is known about how they should do so. In this project, we investigated the first steps for optimizing content creation for advanced math. In particular, we looked at the ability of GenAI to produce high-quality practice problems that are relevant to the course content. We conducted two studies to: (1) explore the capabilities of current versions of publicly available GenAI and (2) develop an improved framework to address the limitations we found. Our results showed that GenAI can create math problems at various levels of quality with minimal support, but that providing examples and relevant content results in better quality outputs. This research can help educators decide the ideal way to adopt GenAI in their workflows, to create more effective educational experiences for students.
title From Recall to Reasoning: Automated Question Generation for Deeper Math Learning through Large Language Models
topic Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.11899