Accurate LLM solution diagnosis does not reliably produce pedagogically actionable feedback, with lowest rubric scores on error identification and actionability¶
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q2 i? Human evaluation of feedback quality found scores lowest on Error Identification and Actionability across agents, indicating feedback frequently failed to diagnose errors or provide clear guidance. → Tahreem Yasir 2026
Evidence¶
Tahreem Yasir 2026¶
Tahreem Yasir, Wenbo Li, Sam Gilson, Sutapa Dey Tithi, Xiaoyi Tian, Tiffany Barnes. (2026). Confirming Correct, Missing the Rest: LLM Tutoring Agents Struggle Where Feedback Matters Most. arXiv:2605.16207. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.16207 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.16207
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Human evaluation (RQ3): two annotators independently rated 100 solution-feedback pairs per condition on four rubric dimensions (Figure 3, N=100). Qualitative analysis found agents often praised solutions without identifying errors, producing "encouraging but pedagogically misleading feedback"; no effect size is printed.
"Across agents, scores were lowest on Error Identification and Actionability, indicating that feedback frequently failed to diagnose errors or provide clear guidance, consistent with automated analysis"
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Accurate LLM solution diagnosis does not reliably produce pedagogically actionable feedback, with lowest rubric scores on error identification and actionability |
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Accurate LLM solution diagnosis does not reliably produce pedagogically actionable feedback, with lowest rubric scores on error identification and actionability |
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2026 |
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2026-10-20 |
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2029 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-12 |
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