About 61% of observed in-class student behavior was actively seeking knowledge or asking questions¶
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q2 i? The largest share of students' in-class activity was asking questions or seeking information, with management-related behaviors at 11%. → Jifan Yu 2024
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Jifan Yu 2024¶
Jifan Yu, Zheyuan Zhang, Daniel Zhang-li, Shangqing Tu, Zhanxin Hao, Ruimiao Li, Haoxuan Li, Yuanchun Wang, Hanming Li, Linlu Gong, Jie Cao, Jiayin Lin, Jinchang Zhou, Fei Qin, Haohua Wang, Jianxiao Jiang, Lijun Deng, Yisi Zhan, Chaojun Xiao, Xusheng Dai, Xuan Yan, Nianyi Lin, Nan Zhang, Ruixin Ni, Yang Dang, Lei Hou, Yu Zhang, Xu Han, Manli Li, Juanzi Li, Zhiyuan Liu, Huiqin Liu, Maosong Sun. (2024). From MOOC to MAIC: Reshaping Online Teaching and Learning through LLM-driven Agents. Preprint. Under review. https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03512 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2409.03512
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Categorization of student activities during the MAIC pilot courses (Figure 6). The article reports '61% of the students' behavior in class involved actively seeking knowledge, information, or asking questions,' and separately that management-related behaviors account for 11%. Interviews corroborated proactive questioning.
"61% of the students' behavior in class involved actively seeking knowledge, information, or asking questions."
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About 61% of observed in-class student behavior was actively seeking knowledge or asking questions |
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About 61% of observed in-class student behavior was actively seeking knowledge or asking questions |
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