Kirk Vanacore

23 papers A 5B 6Journal 12
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
A Causal Framework for Estimating Heterogeneous Effects of On-Demand Tutoring.
CoRR
Kirk Vanacore, Danielle R. Thomas, Digory Smith, Bibi Groot, Justin Reich, René F. Kizilcec
2026 A conf
AI Annotation Orchestration: Evaluating LLM Verifiers to Improve the Quality of LLM Annotations in Learning Analytics.
LAK
Bakhtawar Ahtisham, Kirk Vanacore, Jinsook Lee, Zhuqian Zhou, Doug Pietrzak, René F. Kizilcec
2026 J jnl
Codebook-Injected Dialogue Segmentation for Multi-Utterance Constructs Annotation: LLM-Assisted and Gold-Label-Free Evaluation.
CoRR
Jinsook Lee, Kirk Vanacore, Zhuqian Zhou, Bakhtawar Ahtisham, Jeanine Grutter, René F. Kizilcec
2026 J jnl
LLM Reasoning Predicts When Models Are Right: Evidence from Coding Classroom Discourse.
CoRR
Bakhtawar Ahtisham, Kirk Vanacore, Zhuqian Zhou, Jinsook Lee, René F. Kizilcec
2026 J jnl
Optimizing LLM Annotation of Classroom Discourse through Multi-Agent Orchestration.
CoRR
Bakhtawar Ahtisham, Kirk Vanacore, René F. Kizilcec
2026 J jnl
Sandpiper: Orchestrated AI-Annotation for Educational Discourse at Scale.
CoRR
Daryl Hedley, Doug Pietrzak, Jorge Dias, Ian Burden, Bakhtawar Ahtisham, Zhuqian Zhou, Kirk Vanacore, Josh Marland, Rachel Slama, Justin Reich, Kenneth R. Koedinger, René F. Kizilcec
2026 J jnl
The Path to Conversational AI Tutors: Integrating Tutoring Best Practices and Targeted Technologies to Produce Scalable AI Agents.
CoRR
Kirk Vanacore, Ryan S. Baker, Avery Harrison Closser, Jeremy Roschelle
2026 J jnl
Tutor Move Taxonomy: A Theory-Aligned Framework for Analyzing Instructional Moves in Tutoring.
CoRR
Zhuqian Zhou, Kirk Vanacore, Tamisha Thompson, Jennifer St. John, René F. Kizilcec
2026 J jnl
Utility-Preserving De-Identification for Math Tutoring: Investigating Numeric Ambiguity in the MathEd-PII Benchmark Dataset.
CoRR
Zhuqian Zhou, Kirk Vanacore, Bakhtawar Ahtisham, Jinsook Lee, Doug Pietrzak, Daryl Hedley, Jorge Dias, Chris Shaw, Ruth Schäfer, René F. Kizilcec
2025 J jnl
AI Annotation Orchestration: Evaluating LLM verifiers to Improve the Quality of LLM Annotations in Learning Analytics.
CoRR
Bakhtawar Ahtisham, Kirk Vanacore, Jinsook Lee, Zhuqian Zhou, Doug Pietrzak, René F. Kizilcec
2025 B conf
CausalEDM: Linking Innovations in Instructional Design and the Complex Behaviors that Underlie Learning Processes and Outcomes.
EDM
Kirk Vanacore, Anthony F. Botelho, Avery Closser, Adam Sales, Neil T. Heffernan
2025 B conf
How Much Mastery is Enough Mastery? The Relationship between Mastery in a Lesson and the Performance on the Subsequent Lesson.
EDM
Jiayi Zhang, Kirk Vanacore, Ryan S. Baker, Nabil Ch, Caitlin Mills, Owen Henkel
2025 J jnl
How well do Large Language Models Recognize Instructional Moves? Establishing Baselines for Foundation Models in Educational Discourse.
CoRR
Kirk Vanacore, René F. Kizilcec
2025 J jnl
Learning to Love LLMs for Answer Interpretation: Chain-of-Thought Prompting and the AMMORE Dataset.
J. Learn. Anal.
Owen Henkel, Hannah Horne-Robinson, Maria Dyshel, Greg Thompson, Ralph Abboud, Nabil Al Nahin Ch, Baptiste Moreau-Pernet, Kirk Vanacore
2025 J jnl
Student Engagement in AI Assisted Complex Problem Solving: A Pilot Study of Human AI Rubik's Cube Collaboration.
CoRR
Kirk Vanacore, Jaclyn Ocumpaugh, Forest Agostinelli, Dezhi Wu, Sai Krishna Revanth Vuruma, Matthew Irvin
2025 B conf
The Half-Life of Epistemic Emotions: How Motivation Influences Affective Chronometry.
EDM
Andres Felipe Zambrano, Jaclyn Ocumpaugh, Ryan S. Baker, Kirk Vanacore, Jordan Esiason, Jessica Vandenberg
2024 A conf
Multiple Choice vs. Fill-In Problems: The Trade-off Between Scalability and Learning.
LAK
Ashish Gurung, Kirk Vanacore, Andrew A. McReynolds, Korinn S. Ostrow, Eamon Worden, Adam C. Sales, Neil T. Heffernan
2024 A conf
The Effect of Assistance on Gamers: Assessing The Impact of On-Demand Hints & Feedback Availability on Learning for Students Who Game the System.
LAK
Kirk Vanacore, Ashish Gurung, Adam Sales, Neil T. Heffernan
2023 B conf
Benefit of Gamification for Persistent Learners: Propensity to Replay Problems Moderates Algebra-Game Effectiveness.
L@S
Kirk Vanacore, Adam Sales, Allison S. Liu, Erin Ottmar
2023 B conf
Effective Evaluation of Online Learning Interventions with Surrogate Measures.
EDM
Ethan Prihar, Kirk Vanacore, Adam Sales, Neil T. Heffernan
2023 A conf
Impact of Non-Cognitive Interventions on Student Learning Behaviors and Outcomes: An analysis of seven large-scale experimental inventions.
LAK
Kirk Vanacore, Ashish Gurung, Andrew A. McReynolds, Allison S. Liu, Stacy T. Shaw, Neil T. Heffernan
2021 A conf
Longitudinal Clusters of Online Educator Portal Access: Connecting Educator Behavior to Student Outcomes.
LAK
Kirk Vanacore, Kevin Dieter, Lisa Hurwitz, Jamie Studwell
2020 B conf
Differential Responses to Personalized Learning Recommendations Revealed by Event-Related Analysis.
EDM
Kevin Dieter, Jamie Studwell, Kirk Vanacore