StudentSim: Training LLM-based Student Simulators

Microsoft Research

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A training framework that turns sparse per-student data into individualized LLM student simulators via pooled training plus per-student specialization, so the simulator both mirrors a student's responses and updates under tutor guidance. Ships with StudentSimEval, a 60-student evaluation protocol across chess, ESL writing, and math built on public learner datasets.

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