Divide and Conquer: How LLMs Learn to Teach
TL;DR for operators The useful finding is not “LLMs can write lessons.” They can, in the same way a junior analyst can write a memo: quickly, plausibly, and with enough confidence to become dangerous if nobody reads it. The paper tests GPT-4o with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for creating interactive, scenario-based lessons used to train novice human tutors in online middle-school mathematics.1 The lesson topics are practical rather than ornamental: encouraging student independence, encouraging help-seeking behaviour, and persuading students to turn cameras on during online tutoring. ...
