Education

Beyond Flesch-Kincaid: Prompt-based Metrics Improve Difficulty Classification of Educational Texts

Using large language models (LLMs) for educational applications like dialogue-based teaching is a hot topic. Effective teaching, however, requires teachers to adapt the difficulty of content and explanations to the education level of their students. …

Conversations as a Source for Teaching Scientific Concepts at Different Education Levels

Open conversations are one of the most engaging forms of teaching. However, creating those conversations in educational software is a complex endeavor, especially if we want to address the needs of different audiences. While language models hold …

Know Your Audience: Do LLMs Adapt to Different Age and Education Levels?

Large language models (LLMs) offer a range of new possibilities, including adapting the text to different audiences and their reading needs. But how well do they adapt? We evaluate the readability of answers generated by four state-of-the-art LLMs …