Instructors and LLMs distribute feedback similarly across the five argumentative goals, with Claim receiving the most feedback from both¶
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q2 i? Instructors and models distributed feedback across the five argumentative goals in similar proportions, with Claim the most frequent goal for both and Rebuttal the sparsest. → Yijun Liu 2026
Evidence¶
Yijun Liu 2026¶
Yijun Liu, Yifan Song, John Gallagher, Sarah Sterman, Tal August. (2026). FOXGLOVE: Understanding Goal-Oriented and Anchored Writing Feedback from Experts and LLMs on Argumentative Essays. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.06271 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2606.06271
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Descriptive analysis of the FOXGLOVE dataset (§3.5) comparing goal distributions of 558 instructor sentence-level comments and 1,368 model sentence-level comments. The article reports "Claimsreceived the most feedback from both groups (39.96% instruc- tor, 40.79% model)", suggesting convergent attention to higher-level argumentative components.
"Humans and models dis- tributed feedback across the five argumentative goals in similar proportions.Claimsreceived the most feedback from both groups (39.96% instruc- tor, 40.79% model), followed byPosition(21.68%) for instructor andEvidence(20.47%) for models."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Instructors use more first-person and second-person pronouns and more questions than LLMs in feedback comments — related
- LLMs and instructors agree broadly on where feedback belongs but diverge on exact sentence spans, with span overlap strongly goal-dependent and LLMs highlighting more of each essay — related
- GenAI-supported peer feedback groups produced more suggestions and explanations and less positive affective feedback than the PF group — related
- The PS-GenAI-PF group outperformed the PF group on rebuttal data and warrant and on addressing the opposing view — related
- Teachers adapt feedback focus across draft stages in five types while the best model shows significant changes in only three — related
- LLMs cover most teacher feedback focus types but fail to match teacher feedback focus distributions, with LearnLM closest — related
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Instructors and LLMs distribute feedback similarly across the five argumentative goals, with Claim receiving the most feedback from both |
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Instructors and LLMs distribute feedback similarly across the five argumentative goals, with Claim receiving the most feedback from both |
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