AI‐Based Adaptive Feedback in Simulations for Teacher Education: An Experimental Replication in the Field.

Background: Artificial intelligence, particularly natural language processing (NLP), enables automating the formative assessment of written task solutions to provide adaptive feedback automatically. A laboratory study found that, compared with static feedback (an expert solution), adaptive feedback...

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Publicado en:Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 1 - 21
Autores principales: Bauer, Elisabeth, Sailer, Michael, Niklas, Frank, Greiff, Samuel, Sarbu‐Rothsching, Sven, Zottmann, Jan M., Kiesewetter, Jan, Stadler, Matthias, Fischer, Martin R., Seidel, Tina, Urhahne, Detlef, Sailer, Maximilian, Fischer, Frank
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Feb2025
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          Bauer, Elisabeth
          Sailer, Michael
          Niklas, Frank
          Greiff, Samuel
          Sarbu‐Rothsching, Sven
          Zottmann, Jan M.
          Kiesewetter, Jan
          Stadler, Matthias
          Fischer, Martin R.
          Seidel, Tina
          Urhahne, Detlef
          Sailer, Maximilian
          Fischer, Frank
        affil: Learning Analytics and Educational Data Mining, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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          Natural Language Processing
          Feedback Methods
          Simulations
          Faculty Education
          Outcomes of Education
          Diagnostic Reasoning Education
          Judgment Education
          Learning Methods
          Funding Source
          Germany
          Human
          Randomized Controlled Trials
          Random Assignment
          Field Studies
          Pretest-Posttest Design
          Neural Networks (Computer)
          Computer-Assisted Instruction
          Multivariate Analysis of Covariance
          Analysis of Variance
          Data Analysis Software
          Descriptive Statistics
          Comparative Studies
          Colleges and Universities
          Education, Medical
      ab: Background: Artificial intelligence, particularly natural language processing (NLP), enables automating the formative assessment of written task solutions to provide adaptive feedback automatically. A laboratory study found that, compared with static feedback (an expert solution), adaptive feedback automated through artificial neural networks enhanced preservice teachers' diagnostic reasoning in a digital case‐based simulation. However, the effectiveness of the simulation with the different feedback types and the generalizability to field settings remained unclear. Objectives: We tested the generalizability of the previous findings and the effectiveness of a single simulation session with either feedback type in an experimental field study. Methods: In regular online courses, 332 preservice teachers at five German universities participated in one of three randomly assigned groups: (1) a simulation group with NLP‐based adaptive feedback, (2) a simulation group with static feedback and (3) a no‐simulation control group. We analysed the effect of the simulation with the two feedback types on participants' judgement accuracy and justification quality. Results and Conclusions: Compared with static feedback, adaptive feedback significantly enhanced justification quality but not judgement accuracy. Only the simulation with adaptive feedback significantly benefited learners' justification quality over the no‐simulation control group, while no significant differences in judgement accuracy were found. Our field experiment replicated the findings of the laboratory study. Only a simulation session with adaptive feedback, unlike static feedback, seems to enhance learners' justification quality but not judgement accuracy. Under field conditions, learners require adaptive support in simulations and can benefit from NLP‐based adaptive feedback using artificial neural networks.
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