The amount of paraphrasing users engage in during natural language teaching is positively related to improved learning outcomes¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? More paraphrasing during natural language teaching is associated with better learning outcomes, without additional perceived effort. → Rachel Love 2025

Evidence¶

Rachel Love 2025¶

Rachel Love, Edith Law, Philip R. Cohen, Dana Kulić. (2025). Teaching a Conversational Agent using Natural Language: Effect on Learning and Engagement. Int J Artif Intell Educ. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-025-00461-1

q2 · i? · associational · r?

Secondary analysis of paraphrasing behaviour in the natural language condition reported in the abstract. The article states "There is a positive relationship between the amount of paraphrasing users engage in and improved learning outcomes", with no additional increase in perceived effort.

"There is a positive relationship between the amount of paraphrasing users engage in and improved learning outcomes."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Teaching via paraphrased natural language is perceived as more helpful for learning than sentence-selection, but this perception is not reflected in actual learning gains — related
• Teaching a teachable agent via paraphrased natural language produces no significantly different learning gains compared to teaching via sentence-selection over a fixed interaction — related
• Natural language teaching takes significantly longer per input and yields significantly fewer teaching attempts and fewer features taught than sentence-selection — related