Intelligent Tutoring Systems

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Intelligent tutoring systems use evidence about a learner’s knowledge, progress, and behavior to choose what to teach and how much help to provide. Established approaches include Bayesian knowledge tracing, item response theory, knowledge graphs, and reinforcement learning for selecting problems, hints, or learning paths; newer systems add conversational language models, retrieval from course materials, and specialized agents. Researchers evaluate these systems with tutoring benchmarks, simulated learners, classroom studies, and measures such as mastery, engagement, and transfer to independent work. A central challenge is ensuring that fluent, correct responses are also pedagogically appropriate: systems can misdiagnose reasoning, reveal answers too soon, or perform well in simulations without producing durable learning gains.

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  1. Can AI Guide Testing Without Generating Tests? A Comparative Study of AI-Assisted Unit Testing

    Oct 26, 2026Zihan Fang, Ron Asoulin-Handelman, Helen Wu +2Computer Science EducationGenerative AI in Education

    Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

  2. AdaTutor: Adaptive Tutoring through Pedagogical Strategy Selection

    Oct 26, 2026Rajeev Bhatt Ambati, Shashank Srivastava, Snigdha ChaturvediIntelligent Tutoring SystemsAdaptive Learning

    UNC Chapel Hill

  3. Incremental Predictive Value of LLM Tutoring Interactions for Student Performance

    Oct 24, 2026Zeyu Dong, Mikael Kwame Kuada, Asa Holley Buchakjian-Tweedy +1Educational Data MiningEducational Assessment

    Crestwood Preparatory College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Hammond High Magnet School, Hammond, Louisiana, United States · Spaulding High School, Rochester, New Hampshire, United States +1

  4. Algorithmic drift in generative adaptive learning

    Oct 22, 2026Firuz Kamalov, Hana Sulieman, Ahmed El Sayed +2Algorithmic FairnessAdaptive Learning

    Department of Computational Sciences, Canadian University Dubai, Dubai, UAE · Department of Mathematics and Statistics, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE · Department of Mathematics, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India +1

  5. TutorCaseBench: A Case-Grounded Benchmark for Evaluating LLM Tutors in Supporting Students with Challenging Behaviors

    Oct 22, 2026Yeon Su Park, Chanyoung Park, Tae Soo Kim +5AI in EducationLLM Evaluation

    KAIST · Seoul National University · Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation +2

  6. Acharya 2.0: An AI Tutor for Self-Learning Subjects in Hindi

    Oct 18, 2026Shantipriya Parida, Debasish Dhal, Sonal Khosla +2Educational QAIntelligent Tutoring Systems

    AMD Silo AI, Finland · Odia Generative AI, India

  7. Multi-sourced AI Tutor for Non-Native English Speaker Students

    Oct 15, 2026Yiyin Shen, Xinyi Ai, Weibing Wang +2Intelligent Tutoring SystemsAI in Education

    University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI, USA · Independent Researcher Mountain View, CA, USA · Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, USA +1

  8. A Unified Response Framework for Questions and Tutoring Dialogues

    Oct 14, 2026Zhangqi Duan, Simon Woodhead, Maya Miller-Vedam +1Educational AssessmentIntelligent Tutoring Systems

    University of Massachusetts Amherst · Eedi · Khan Academy

  9. Do LLM Tutors Actually Teach? A Process-Centered Synthesis of the Tutoring Loop

    Oct 11, 2026Sayantan Adak, Rima Hazra, Koyel Mukherjee +2Intelligent Tutoring SystemsLLM Evaluation

    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur · National University of Singapore · TCG CREST +2

  10. SocraticRepair: Planning-Guided Socratic Tutoring for Program Debugging and Misconception Repair

    Oct 10, 2026Mykhailo Kopytskyi, Jianhua Yang, Mir SeyedebrahimiSocratic TutoringIntelligent Tutoring Systems

    University of Warwick · Warwick Manufacturing Group

  11. RegulaTutor: A Theory-Informed Framework for Long-Term Personalized Learning

    Oct 9, 2026Yonggang Li, Boqian Han, Rui Sheng +2Self-Regulated LearningPersonalized Learning

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology · The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  12. ILM: An AI-Powered Storytelling Educational Tool

    Oct 8, 2026Suhaila Mohammed, Abdelaziz Serour, Allison LahnalaIntelligent Tutoring SystemsInteractive Storytelling

    Department of Computing and Software, Faculty of Engineering McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

  13. TutorLoop: Regulating Student Learning Behaviors via Sensor-in-the-Loop Generative Feedback

    Oct 7, 2026Songlin Xu, Xinyu ZhangIntelligent Tutoring SystemsAI in Education

    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China · University of California, San Diego San Diego, California, USA

  14. Sherpa: Teaching LLMs to Teach Adaptively

    Oct 6, 2026Weixian Xu, Yanzhe Zhang, Zora Zhiruo Wang +2RL for Language ModelsIntelligent Tutoring Systems

    Stanford University · Georgia Tech · Carnegie Mellon University

  15. The Assistance Dilemma: Learning to Teach via Multi-Turn Reinforcement Learning

    Oct 5, 2026Jakub Macina, Manu Kapur, Mrinmaya SachanRL for Language ModelsIntelligent Tutoring Systems

    ETH Zurich

  16. DICE: Decoupling Capability from Intervention Necessity in LLM Tutoring

    Oct 4, 2026Sayantan Pal, Kaiyi Ji, Rohini K. SrihariIntelligent Tutoring SystemsAI in Education

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering State University of New York at Buffalo

  17. An Educator-Guided LLM Pedagogical Agent for Scaffolded Feedback in Conceptual Database Design

    Oct 1, 2026Sara Riazi, Pedram RooshenasIntelligent Tutoring SystemsEducational Assessment

    University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL, USA

  18. Examining Variation in How Guided AI Tutors Resolve Student Impasses

    Sep 29, 2026Bakhtawar Ahtisham, Kirk Vanacore, Alessandra Napoli +5Intelligent Tutoring SystemsEducational Data Mining

    Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States · Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

  19. Towards Breaking the Learning System Wall Using Multimodal Tutoring Transcriptions

    Sep 29, 2026Danielle R. Thomas, Marie Cynthia Abijuru Kamikazi, Ashish Gurung +5Intelligent Tutoring SystemsMultimodal Learning

    Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, USA · Renaissance Philanthropy New York, NY, USA · Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN, USA

  20. DeepEdu-v1: Efficient and Scalable Agentic LLMs for Vietnamese Education

    Sep 25, 2026Quang Nguyen, Hieu Nguyen, Hien Hoang +3Intelligent Tutoring SystemsGenerative AI in Education

    Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Ha Noi, Vietnam

  21. REAT: A Reflective Experience-Augmented Tutoring Framework for Multi-turn Mathematical Instruction

    Sep 24, 2026Jianheng Zhou, Chaoli Zhang, Xingjun Wei +6Intelligent Tutoring SystemsAdaptive RAG

    School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University · Zhejiang Normal University · Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa +5

  22. StudentBench: AI and human tutoring yield equivalent GRE learning gains

    Sep 23, 2026Curtis Northcutt, Inaara Hasmani, Kevin Feng +3Intelligent Tutoring SystemsGenerative AI in Education

  23. Potential for Enhanced Learning in Machine Learning Classes by Using Wiki LLM Indexing

    Sep 21, 2026Brian WrightAI in EducationLLM Grounding

    School of Data Science, University of Virginia

  24. From Content Generation to Learning Support: Pedagogy-Guided Generative Video Tutors for STEM Learning

    Sep 21, 2026Xinchen Ma, Shuimu Wang, Gaole He +4Intelligent Tutoring SystemsAI in Education

    Department of Data Science and Engineering, East China Normal University · School of Computing, National University of Singapore

  25. OmniEdu: Open Foundation Models for Learning and Teaching

    Sep 19, 2026Hao Liang, Qihan Lin, Meiyi Qiang +5Generative AI in EducationLanguage Modeling

    Peking University · Zhongguancun Academy · University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

  26. Adaptive Scaffolding Needs Contingency: An AI Tutor That Escalates and Fades on What the Learner Does

    Sep 19, 2026Xinmeng Hou, Yuxuan Weng, Chin Hsien Yeh +5Instructional ScaffoldingIntelligent Tutoring Systems

    National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore · School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore · School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore +2

  27. Correct Diagnosis, Better Feedback: A Symbolic-Verifier for Faithful LLM Tutoring Feedback in Logic Proofs

    Sep 18, 2026Tahreem Yasir, Arnav Mody, Xioayi Tian +1Intelligent Tutoring SystemsLanguage Model Error Detection

    North Carolina State University · Purdue University · Kennesaw State University

  28. CoLearn: An Agentic Tutor that Learns its Learner in a Human--AI Co-Learning Loop

    Sep 17, 2026Kailai He, Zhihao Wu, Linhai Zhang +3Intelligent Tutoring SystemsAdaptive Learning

    King’s College London

  29. PersonaPath: Towards Knowledge-Centric Personalized Learning Path Planning

    Sep 16, 2026Yu Liu, Zeming Liu, Tianle Zhang +6Intelligent Tutoring SystemsLLM Planning

    School of Computer Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China · Beijing Institute of Technology · Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen) +1

  30. LLMersion: A Local-First AI Agent Framework for Low-Cost Home Language Learning toward Educational Equity

    Sep 12, 2026Qiming Guo, Jinwen Tang, Xingran Huang +3Computer-Assisted Language LearningAI in Education

    Dept. of Computing Sciences Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX, USA · Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Missouri Columbia, MO, USA · Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA, USA +2