AutoTutor achieved learning gains comparable to human tutors in physics and computer literacy¶

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q2 i? The review reports, citing Graesser et al., that AutoTutor achieved learning gains comparable to human tutors in specific domains such as physics and computer literacy. → Meriem Zerkouk 2025

Evidence¶

Meriem Zerkouk 2025¶

Meriem Zerkouk, Miloud Mihoubi and Belkacem Chikhaoui. (2025). A Comprehensive Review of AI-based Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Applications and Challenges. arXiv preprint. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18882 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2507.18882

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Narrative review attribution: the review reports, citing Graesser et al. [88], that AutoTutor's question generation, answering, and natural language dialogue produced "learning gains comparable to human tutors" in physics and computer literacy. No effect size is printed.

"The researchers demonstrated that AutoTutor could achieve learning gains comparable to human tutors in specific domains such as : Physics, Computer Literacy."

Discussion¶

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