Summary of Beyond Right and Wrong: Mitigating Cold Start in Knowledge Tracing Using Large Language Model and Option Weight, by Jongwoo Kim et al.
Beyond Right and Wrong: Mitigating Cold Start in Knowledge Tracing Using Large Language Model and Option Weight
by JongWoo Kim, SeongYeub Chu, Bryan Wong, Mun Yi
First submitted to arxiv on: 14 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computers and Society (cs.CY); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The LOKT (Large Language Model Option-weighted Knowledge Tracing) model addresses the cold start problem in educational data mining by integrating option weights into a Large Language Model (LLM)-based Knowledge Tracing framework. The traditional KT models are extended to consider different types of incorrect answers, which offer valuable insights into a learner’s knowledge state. By converting these responses into text-based ordinal categories, LLMs can assess learner understanding with greater clarity. Using five public datasets, the study demonstrates that the LOKT model sustains high predictive accuracy even with limited data, effectively addressing both “learner cold-start” and “system cold-start” scenarios. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper introduces a new model called LOKT to help personalize learning using large language models (LLMs). This model helps by understanding what learners know or don’t know. It does this by looking at different types of mistakes learners make, not just if the answer is correct or incorrect. The study shows that this approach works well even with limited data and can be used for early-stage personalization. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Large language model
