Pensieve Discuss: Scalable Small-Group CS Tutoring System with AI
<|reference_start|>Pensieve Discuss: Scalable Small-Group CS Tutoring System with AI: Small-group tutoring in Computer Science (CS) is effective, but presents the challenge of providing a dedicated tutor for each group and encouraging collaboration among group members at scale. We present Pensieve Discuss, a software platform that integrates synchronous editing for scaffolded programming problems with online human and AI tutors, designed to improve student collaboration and experience during group tutoring sessions. Our semester-long deployment to 800 students in a CS1 course demonstrated consistently high collaboration rates, positive feedback about the AI tutor's helpfulness and correctness, increased satisfaction with the group tutoring experience, and a substantial increase in question volume. The use of our system was preferred over an interface lacking AI tutors and synchronous editing capabilities. Our experiences suggest that small-group tutoring sessions are an important avenue for future research in educational AI.<|reference_end|>
@article{yang2024pensieve,
    title={Pensieve Discuss: Scalable Small-Group CS Tutoring System with AI},
    author={Yoonseok Yang, Jack Liu, J.D. Zamfirescu-Pereira, John DeNero},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.17007},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2407.17007},
    primaryClass={cs.CY cs.AI cs.HC}
}