Papers
Papers from the lab that have a page here, each with its abstract, PDF and citation. Every paper by lab members is on Publications.
2026
- ‘I spend all my energy preparing’: Balancing AI automation and agency for self-regulated learning in SmartFlash
Hongming Li, Salah Esmaeiligoujar, Nazanin Adham, Hai Li, Rui Huang
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2026
- A Rubric-Guided Multimodal Approach Using High-Capacity LLMs Provides Psychometrically Sound Creativity Assessment in Learning Games
Seyedahmad Rahimi, Hongming Li, Salah Esmaeiligoujar, Deniz Ercan, Anthony Botelho
Creativity Research Journal
- Assessing Student Collaboration with Multimodal Data and Large Language Models
Shan Zhang, Hongming Li, Seiyon Lee, Ji-Eun Lee, Noah L. Schroeder, Anthony F. Botelho
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2026
- Can We Trust AI’s Self-assessment? Evaluating and Improving LLM Confidence Calibration in Educational Dialogue Coding
Hongming Li, Huan Kuang, Anthony F. Botelho
Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2026)
- Flexibility Before Fluency: Exploring How Flexible Strategies Emerge through Collaborative Problem-Solving
Seiyon Lee, Shan Zhang, Hongming Li, Ji-Eun Lee, Avery Closser, Anthony F. Botelho
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2026
- LLM-Based Multimodal Representations of Student Collaboration in Mathematics
Shan Zhang, Hongming Li, Seiyon Lee, Xiner Liu, Ji-Eun Lee, Noah L. Schroeder, Anthony F. Botelho
Advances in Quantitative Ethnography (ICQE 2026)
- Modeling and Analyzing Collaborative Dialogue States in Mathematics Problem-Solving through ONA and Hidden Markov Models
Shan Zhang, Andrés Felipe Zambrano, Hongming Li, Seiyon Lee, Ji-Eun Lee, Anthony F. Botelho
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2026
- Not all who avoid help are lost: The relations between help avoidance and performance in a digital learning platform
Natalia S. Martin, Nicholas A. Vest, Avery H. Closser, Anthony F. Botelho
Contemporary Educational Psychology
- Rubric-guided generative AI for scalable creativity assessment in educational games
Seyedahmad Rahimi, Hongming Li, Salah Esmaeiligoujar, Deniz Ercan
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2026
- VETTING: A dual-LLM framework for in-loop safety verification via policy isolation in educational AI
Hongming Li, Shan Zhang, Anthony F. Botelho
Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence
2025
- An Automated Aesthetic Assessment Framework of Mathematical Story Images Validated by Click Counts
Hai Li, Wanli Xing, Bailing Lyu, Wangda Zhu, Zifeng Liu, Hongming Li
Proceedings of the Twelfth ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale
- ARCHED: A Human-Centered Framework for Transparent, Responsible, and Collaborative AI-Assisted Instructional Design
Hongming Li, Yizirui Fang, Shan Zhang, Seiyon M. Lee, Yiming Wang, Mark Trexler, Anthony F. Botelho
arXiv (arXiv:2503.08931)
- ARCHED: A Human-Centered Framework for Transparent, Responsible, and Collaborative AI-Assisted Instructional Design
Hongming Li, Yizirui Fang, Shan Zhang, Seiyon M. Lee, Yiming Wang, Mark Trexler, Anthony F. Botelho
Proceedings of the Innovation and Responsibility in AI-Supported Education Workshop (iRAISE at AAAI 2025)
- Balancing the Imbalance: Enhancing MOOC Discussion Forum Urgency Prediction with LLM-Generated Data Augmentation
Hongming Li, Anthony F. Botelho
Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2025
- Building Explainable Recommender System for Engineering Students Work-Integrated Learning (WIL)
Woorin Hwang, Hongming Li, Anna Pauline Aguinalde, Yilin Zhang, Jinnie Shin, Kent Crippen, Bruce Carroll
Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2025)
- Developing a Feedback Taxonomy for Math: A Synergy of Perspectives through Data Mining Methods
Seiyon M. Lee, Sami Baral, Hongming Chip Li, Li Cheng, Shan Zhang, Carly S. Thorp, Jennifer St. John, Tamisha Thompson, Neil Heffernan, Anthony F. Botelho
Journal of Educational Data Mining
- ProductiveMath: A Generative-AI-Powered App to Support Productive Failure Teaching
Seyedahmad Rahimi, Deniz Ercan, Ran Gao, Salah Esmaeiligoujar, Maryam Babaee, Hongming Li, Shan Zhang, Seiyon Lee, Avery Closser, Anthony Botelho
Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium, Blue Sky, and WideAIED
- So What? Unpacking the Complexities in Collaborative Problem Solving with AI-Augmented Sense-Making
Seiyon M. Lee, Hongming Li, Shan Zhang, Zirui Zhong, Ji-Eun Lee, Anthony F. Botelho
Artificial Intelligence in Education
- VETTING AI for Deeper Learning: Constraining LLMs to Encourage Student Inquiry
Shan Zhang, Hongming Li, Seiyon M. Lee, Noah L. Schroeder, Anthony F. Botelho
Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium, Blue Sky, and WideAIED
2024
- Developing Explainable AI Systems to Support Feedback for Students
Hongming Li, Anthony F. Botelho
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2024)
- Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for Data Augmentation to Detect At-Risk Students in Online Learning Communities
Hongming Li, Anthony F. Botelho
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2024
- Investigating the Dynamic Change of Pre- and In-service Teachers' Experiences, Attitudes, and Perceptions through CS Autobiography Using Topic Modeling
Shan Zhang, Hai Li, Hongming Li, Anthony F. Botelho, Maya Israel
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2024)
- Math in Motion: Analyzing Real-Time Student Collaboration in Computer-Supported Learning Environments
Hongming Li, Shan Zhang, Seiyon Lee, Ji-Eun Lee, Zirui Zhong, Erik Weitnauer, Anthony F. Botelho
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2024)
- This Paper Was Written with the Help of ChatGPT: Exploring the Consequences of AI-Driven Academic Writing on Scholarly Practices
Hongming Li, Seiyon Lee, Anthony F. Botelho
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2024)