Role-adaptive prompting across 4F stages: prioritize cognitive scaffolding in Facts and Findings, shift to empathetic facilitation in Feelings and Futures¶

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Description¶

The article recommends enabling the AI to modulate its persona and interactional style according to the stage of the 4F reflective framework. "By allowing the AI to modulate its persona and interactional style according to the specific stage of the 4 F framework—prioritizing cognitive scaffolding in the ‘Facts’ and ‘Findings’ modes while shifting toward empathetic facilitation in ‘Feelings’ and ‘Futures’—the system provides a more nuanced and pedagogically responsive interaction than a monolithic, fixed-style agent can achieve." This strategy targets the affective ceiling observed for the fixed peer role, where the AI guided factual recall well but fell short on emotional and future-oriented reflection.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A conversational agent capable of persona and style modulation
• Detection of the current 4F discussion stage

Constraints¶

• Recommended on the basis of formative evidence from a single-role study; the adaptive version was not itself evaluated

Target Learners¶

• Elementary school students in book talk activities

Target Learning Goals¶

• Deeper emotional responses and future-oriented reflection alongside factual recall

Affordances¶

• Role Adaptive Ai Companion Framework Maa

Related Strategies¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Liao, C.-Y. (2026). Beyond a single role: Justifying a role-adaptive framework for ai companions through a comparative study in elementary book talk. Education and Information Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-026-13958-6