Simulating Classroom Education with LLM-Empowered Agents

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.19226v2
• Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 08:50:24 GMT
• Title: Simulating Classroom Education with LLM-Empowered Agents
• Authors: Zheyuan Zhang, Daniel Zhang-Li, Jifan Yu, Linlu Gong, Jinchang Zhou, Zhanxin Hao, Jianxiao Jiang, Jie Cao, Huiqin Liu, Zhiyuan Liu, Lei Hou, Juanzi Li,
• Abstract summary: Large language models (LLMs) have been applied across various intelligent educational tasks to assist teaching.<n>We propose SimClass, a multi-agent classroom simulation teaching framework.<n>We recognize representative class roles and introduce a novel class control mechanism for automatic classroom teaching.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have been applied across various intelligent educational tasks to assist teaching. While preliminary studies have focused on task-specific, independent LLM-empowered agents, the potential of LLMs within a multi-agent collaborative framework for classroom simulation with real user participation remains unexplored. In this work, we propose SimClass, a multi-agent classroom simulation teaching framework. We recognize representative class roles and introduce a novel class control mechanism for automatic classroom teaching, and conduct user experiments in two real-world courses. Using the Flanders Interactive Analysis System and Community of Inquiry theoretical frameworks from educational analysis, we demonstrate that LLMs can simulate a dynamic learning environment for users with active teacher-student and student-student interactions. We also observe group behaviors among agents in SimClass, where agents collaborate to create enlivening interactions in classrooms to improve user learning process. We hope this work pioneers the application of LLM-empowered multi-agent systems in virtual classroom teaching.

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