Summary of Leveraging Lecture Content For Improved Feedback: Explorations with Gpt-4 and Retrieval Augmented Generation, by Sven Jacobs et al.
Leveraging Lecture Content for Improved Feedback: Explorations with GPT-4 and Retrieval Augmented Generation
by Sven Jacobs, Steffen Jaschke
First submitted to arxiv on: 5 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computers and Society (cs.CY)
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper explores the integration of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with Large Language Models, specifically GPT-4, to enhance the feedback generated for programming tasks. By leveraging lecture recordings and timestamps as metainformation, RAG aims to prevent hallucinations and encourage the use of technical terms and phrases from the lecture material. The system allows students to request feedback on their solutions, which is generated by GPT-4 considering the student’s code solution, compiler output, unit test results, and relevant passages from the lecture notes. This feedback should guide students towards independent problem-solving while linking to relevant lecture content. To evaluate this approach, students participated in a workshop where they assessed the effectiveness of RAG-enhanced feedback, with preliminary results indicating improved feedback generation and student preference in some situations. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps machines learn better by using special tools called Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to improve computer-generated feedback for programming tasks. They did this by giving a big language model (GPT-4) access to recorded lectures, along with timestamps that help it understand what’s important. Students can ask the system for feedback on their solutions, which is generated based on their code, compiler output, and test results, as well as relevant passages from the lecture notes. The goal is to help students learn independently by guiding them towards the right answers in the context of the lectures. To see how well this works, students tested it out in a workshop and gave feedback on whether or not they liked the RAG-enhanced feedback. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Gpt » Language model » Rag » Retrieval augmented generation
