LLM scaffolding level varies systematically across student request types and across assignments, but high-assistance responses remain dominant¶
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q2 i? Mean scaffolding level differed across assignments (Kruskal–Wallis H = 336.9, p < .001), e.g. 3.58 for the pandas assignment a3 versus 2.91 for the search-algorithm assignment a1, and ranged from 3.27 for contextual questions to 3.72 for writing requests. → Suhyeon Lee 2026
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Suhyeon Lee 2026¶
Suhyeon Lee, Juneha Baek, Jaehyeong Park, Donghyuk Shin. (2026). LLM Pedagogical Behavior in AI Tutoring Interactions. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.22993 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2608.22993
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Observational analysis of scaffolding levels across seven programming assignments and student dialogue-act categories in the StudyChat corpus; Figure 1 shows the per-assignment distribution and Table 9 the per-request-type means.
"Scaffolding also varies across assignments (Kruskal–WallisH= 336.9 ,p<.001 ; Figure 1). For example, the pandas assignment a3 has a mean scaffolding level of 3.58, compared with 2.91 for the search-algorithm assignment a1."
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LLM scaffolding level varies systematically across student request types and across assignments, but high-assistance responses remain dominant |
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LLM scaffolding level varies systematically across student request types and across assignments, but high-assistance responses remain dominant |
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