arXiv:2602.13280cs.AI2026-02被引 1

用认知理论模拟新手学习者的真实出错过程,提升教育仿真可信度。

BEAGLE: Behavior-Enforced Agent for Grounded Learner Emulation

  • 结合自我调节学习理论,设计分层行为控制机制。
  • 在编程任务中复现真实学生轨迹,人类辨识准确率仅52.8%。
  • 适合教育研究、自适应教学系统训练与教学干预测试。

在开放式问题解决环境中模拟学生学习行为对教育研究具有重要意义,可用于训练自适应辅导系统或测试教学策略。然而,由于隐私顾虑和纵向研究成本高昂,获取真实数据极具挑战。尽管大语言模型(LLMs)为学生模拟提供了可能,但其存在能力偏差——倾向于高效求正确,而非新手学习者特有的反复试错特征。我们提出BEAGLE,一种融合自我调节学习(SRL)理论的神经符号框架。其核心技术包括:(1) 半马尔可夫模型,控制认知与元认知行为的时间与转移;(2) 带显式错误注入的贝叶斯知识追踪,强化真实知识盲区与未知盲区;(3) 解耦式智能体设计,将高层策略与代码生成分离,防止模型自动修正故意错误。在Python编程任务上的评估显示,BEAGLE显著优于现有基线,能更真实地还原学习轨迹。在人类图灵测试中,参与者无法可靠区分其生成轨迹与真实学生数据:分类准确率为52.8%(d' = 0.15,N = 71),与随机猜测无异。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Simulating student learning behaviors in open-ended problem-solving environments holds potential for education research, from training adaptive tutoring systems to stress-testing pedagogical interventions. However, collecting authentic data is challenging due to privacy concerns and the high cost of longitudinal studies. While Large Language Models (LLMs) offer a promising path to student simulation, they suffer from competency bias, optimizing for efficient correctness rather than the erratic, iterative struggle characteristic of novice learners. We present BEAGLE, a neuro-symbolic framework that addresses this bias by incorporating Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) theory into a novel architecture. BEAGLE integrates three key technical innovations: (1) a semi-Markov model that governs the timing and transitions of cognitive behaviors and metacognitive behaviors; (2) Bayesian Knowledge Tracing with explicit flaw injection to enforce realistic knowledge gaps and "unknown unknowns"; and (3) a decoupled agent design that separates high-level strategy use from code generation actions to prevent the model from silently correcting its own intentional errors. In evaluations on Python programming tasks, BEAGLE significantly outperforms state-of-the-art baselines in reproducing authentic trajectories. In a human Turing test, participants could not reliably tell BEAGLE traces apart from real student data: classification accuracy was statistically equivalent to chance (52.8%, d' = 0.15, N = 71)

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