HelpCoach increased spontaneous question specificity during chatbot problem-solving compared with pre-task training alone¶
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q3 i3 HelpCoach participants formulated a significantly higher proportion of specific questions than Baseline participants, counting only initial drafts before system intervention, with a printed effect size of 1.262. → Hyoungwook Jin 2026
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Hyoungwook Jin 2026¶
Hyoungwook Jin, Weirui Peng, Jieun Han, Q. Vera Liao, and Xu Wang. (2026). HelpCoach: Scaffolding Targeted AI Help-Seeking During Problem-Solving. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.28918 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2609.28918
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Between-subjects study with 40 college students completing three Vue.js programming tasks with a GenAI chatbot, HelpCoach (n=20) versus Baseline (n=20). The article reports a significantly higher proportion of specific questions with a printed effect size of 1.262 (p = .001) for initial drafts.
"HelpCoachparticipants formulated a significantly higher proportion of specific questions (𝑝=. 001, effect size = 1.262), counting only their initial question drafts before system interventions for that question."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
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HelpCoach increased spontaneous question specificity during chatbot problem-solving compared with pre-task training alone |
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HelpCoach increased spontaneous question specificity during chatbot problem-solving compared with pre-task training alone |
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