Students' inquiry sequences differ by session: most start with Assertion questions in Session 1 (prob = 0.48) but with Instrumental/Procedural questions in Session 2 (prob = 0.43)¶

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q2 i? In Session 1 most students started with Assertion questions (prob = 0.48), while in Session 2 they mostly started with an Instrumental/Procedural question (prob = 0.43), and students tended to remain longer within Assertion, Request/Directive, and Instrumental/Procedural states in both sessions. → Matin Amoozadeh and Amin Alipour 2026

Evidence¶

Matin Amoozadeh and Amin Alipour 2026¶

Matin Amoozadeh and Amin Alipour. (2026). Analysis of Types of Inquiries in Student-AI Interaction: A case study of two CS2 tasks. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.17919 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2608.17919

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State-machine (transition-diagram) analysis of question-type sequences within each session, shown in Figures 3 and 4 (Session 1: N = 60 students, 432 prompts; Session 2: N = 37 students, 398 prompts). Start probabilities are descriptive.

"In session 1, most students start with Assertion questions (prob=0.48). In session 2, students used a wider variety of question types. They mostly start with an Instrumental/Procedural question (prob=0.43)."

Discussion¶

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