把静态电路题变互动教学,自动分析错因并推荐练习。
CircuTutor: Transforming Static Circuit Problems into Intelligent and Dynamic Tutoring

- 用多模态解析提取题目和电路参数,生成可交互的模拟任务。
- 通过电路状态动画和因果链解释行为变化,准确定位常见误解。
- 适合物理/工程初学者,提升电路概念理解与学习体验。
学习直流电路需将电流、电压等不可见量与灯泡亮度等可观测结果关联。传统教材和通用电路仿真工具虽支持解题与探索,但难以解释行为变化或诊断错误原因。我们提出CircuTutor——一种基于电路状态的智能辅导系统,将静态教材电路题转化为交互式教学流程。系统首先通过多模态解析提取问题、电路拓扑、元件参数、开关状态及选项,转换为结构化任务并通过电路仿真验证。学习者可动态调整参数并提交答案,由兼容SPICE的求解器计算物理一致的电路状态。提交后,CircuTutor展示操作前后的电路状态动画,将模拟状态变化组织为因果推理链,映射答案偏差至可能的认知误区,并生成针对性后续练习。实验表明,该系统有效提升概念理解与整体学习体验。本框架展示了如何将仿真电路状态转化为智能互动教学,具有向其他STEM领域扩展的潜力。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Learning direct current circuit concepts requires learners to connect invisible physical quantities, such as current, voltage, resistance, and power, with observable outcomes such as bulb brightness. Conventional textbook materials and general-purpose circuit simulators provide opportunities for problem solving and exploration but offer limited support for explaining why circuit behavior changes or diagnosing the reasoning behind incorrect answers. We present CircuTutor, a circuit-state-driven intelligent tutoring system that transforms static textbook circuit problems into an interactive tutoring workflow. CircuTutor first uses multimodal problem parsing to extract the textbook question, circuit topology, component parameters, switch states, and answer options, which are converted into a structured task and validated through circuit simulation. Learners can then interactively explore the circuit (by changing parameters) and submit an answer while a SPICE-compatible solver computes physically consistent circuit states. After the learner submits an answer, CircuTutor presents a before-and-after circuit state animation corresponding to the selected operation, organizes the simulated state changes into a causal reasoning chain that explains the underlying circuit behavior, maps answer discrepancies to likely misconceptions, and generates adaptive follow-up exercises targeted at the diagnosed misconception. Our experimental results demonstrate that CircuTutor effectively improves conceptual learning and the overall learning experience. The proposed framework demonstrates how simulated circuit states can be transformed into intelligent and interactive tutoring for circuit education, with the potential to generalize to other STEM domains.
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