Half of LLM-generated design problems received perfect expert ratings, though common failure modes included scenarios too similar to the original project and ambiguous scope¶
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q2 i? 40 of 80 generated DPs (50%) received perfect scores from both expert raters across all five criteria, with inter-rater Cohen's κ of 0.66. → Ahmad D. Suleiman 2026
q2 i? Recurring deficiencies included scenarios too similar to the original project (13/80), narrow focus on one system aspect (9/80), clarity issues (16/80), and infeasible implementation-level drift (6/80). → Ahmad D. Suleiman 2026
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Ahmad D. Suleiman 2026¶
Ahmad D. Suleiman, Daqing Hou, and Maliha Noushin Raida. (2026). LLM-Generated Design Problems for Assessing Higher-Order Thinking in Project-Based Learning. arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.11032. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.11032 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2607.11032
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Qualitative review by two expert raters of all 80 DPs, with weighted Cohen's κ=0.66 overall, found "40/80 generated DPs (50%)" earned perfect scores; failures included scenarios restating the original project and prompts giving solution hints.
"Overall, 40/80 generated DPs (50%) received perfect scores from both raters across all five criteria."
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Half of LLM-generated design problems received perfect expert ratings, though common failure modes included scenarios too similar to the original project and ambiguous scope |
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Half of LLM-generated design problems received perfect expert ratings, though common failure modes included scenarios too similar to the original project and ambiguous scope |
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