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Digital shadowing as a framework for recording LLM behaviour under controlled conditions

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Digital shadowing is the article's organising methodological framework: unlike digital twins, shadows record system behaviour without feedback loops. The article states that "digital shadows record what a system does across controlled conditions without updating, simulating, or influencing external counterparts." A Math Education Digital Shadow is defined as a structured record of an LLM's mathematics-related psychological profile and problem-solving behaviour under specified constraints. Human shadows simulate synthetic individuals defined by sociodemographic and psychological attributes, while AI assistants respond as themselves.

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  • Digital shadowing as a framework for recording LLM behaviour under controlled conditions: Digital shadowing is the article's organising methodological framework: unlike digital twins, shadows record system behaviour without feedback loops. The article states that "digital shadows record what a system does across controlled conditions without updating, simulating, or influencing external counterparts." A Math Education Digital Shadow is defined as a structured record of an LLM's mathematics-related psychological profile and problem-solving behaviour under specified constraints. Human shadows simulate synthetic individuals defined by sociodemographic and psychological attributes, while AI assistants respond as themselves. (Esposito et al. (2026))

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  • Esposito, N., Tricarico, A., Porzio, L., Aghazadeh Ardebili, A., & Stella, M. (2026). Math Education Digital Shadows for Investigating Learning with GenAI: Mathematics Performance, Anxiety, and Confidence in LLMs. arXiv preprint. https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.27618. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2604.27618
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title Digital shadowing as a framework for recording LLM behaviour under controlled conditions
description Digital shadowing is the article's organising methodological framework: unlike digital twins, shadows record system behaviour without feedback loops.
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