--- title: Exploring student persistence with automatically generated practice using interaction patterns description: 2023 International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM) --- < Back to Publications # Exploring student persistence with automatically generated practice using interaction patterns ## Abstract Incorporating formative practice with text content in a learning by doing approach has been proven to be a highly effective learning method, and therefore questions generated using artificial intelligence (AI) were developed to scale this approach as broadly as possible. Millions of AI-generated questions were incorporated into thousands of digital textbooks as a study tool available to learners using those books for any learning context. While this advancement of AI for learning tools is itself significant, the volume of microlevel data collected from the digital environment makes it possible to investigate how learners are interacting with this learning tool in detail. In this study, we leverage this large data set to investigate student interaction patterns with AI-generated questions, focusing specifically on how students persist when their first attempt at a question is incorrect. The aggregated data shows differences in interaction patterns by question type, while comparison to a single course in which the questions were assigned finds differences in patterns likely due to context. The implications of these interaction patterns and future research avenues are discussed.   [Read Publication](https://doi.org/10.23919/SoftCOM58365.2023.10271578) ##### Date October 10, 2023 ##### Authors - Rachel Van Campenhout - Michelle Clark - Jeffrey S. Dittel - Nick Brown - Rich Benton - Benny G. Johnson ##### Research Areas [Automatic Question Generation](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/automatic-question-generation) [Teaching & Learning](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/teaching-learning) ##### Venue 2023 International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM) ##### Citation Van Campenhout, R., Clark, M., Dittel, J. S., Brown, N., Benton, R., & Johnson, B. G. (2023). Exploring student persistence with automatically generated practice using interaction patterns. *2023 International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM)*, 1–6. IEEE. [https://doi.org/10.23919/SoftCOM58365.2023.10271578](https://doi.org/10.23919/SoftCOM58365.2023.10271578) ##### Share [![](https://research.vitalsource.com/hubfs/2021_Research/Social%20-%20Facebook.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/exploring-student-persistence-with-automatically-generated-practice-using-interaction-patterns) [![](https://research.vitalsource.com/hubfs/2021_Research/Social%20-%20LinkedIn.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/exploring-student-persistence-with-automatically-generated-practice-using-interaction-patterns) [![](https://research.vitalsource.com/hubfs/2021_Research/Social%20-%20Twitter.svg)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/exploring-student-persistence-with-automatically-generated-practice-using-interaction-patterns&text=) ### Related Publications #### Search our catalog of recent publications authored by our team. **2026** ##### [Extending an automatic question generation pipeline with LLM-based free-response tasks: An analysis of performance metrics using student data](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/extending-an-automatic-question-generation-pipeline-with-llm-based-free-response-tasks-an-analysis-of-performance-metrics-using-student-data) **CSEDU 2026 – CSEDU 18th International Conference on Computer Supported Education** ![profile](https://research.vitalsource.com/hubfs/2021_Research/Home/profile.svg) Rachel Van Campenhout, Jeffrey S. Dittel, Bill Jerome, Benny G. Johnson (2026) [Automatic Question Generation](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/automatic-question-generation) [Generative AI](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/generative-ai) [Teaching & Learning](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/teaching-learning) **2026** ##### [Student attitudes and perceptions of AI and AI-generated practice in the classroom](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/student-attitudes-and-perceptions-of-ai-and-ai-generated-practice-in-the-classroom) **The IAFOR International Conference on Education – Hawaii 2026** ![profile](https://research.vitalsource.com/hubfs/2021_Research/Home/profile.svg) Rachel Van Campenhout, Michelle Clark (2026) [Automatic Question Generation](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/automatic-question-generation) [Generative AI](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/generative-ai) [Teaching & Learning](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/teaching-learning) **2025** ##### [AI-generated formative practice and feedback: Performance benchmarks and applications in higher education](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/ai-generated-formative-practice-and-feedback-performance-benchmarks-and-applications-in-higher-education) **Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference (AIME-CON) ** ![profile](https://research.vitalsource.com/hubfs/2021_Research/Home/profile.svg) Rachel Van Campenhout, Michelle Clark, Jeffrey S. Dittel, Bill Jerome, Nick Brown, Benny G. Johnson (2025) [Automatic Question Generation](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/automatic-question-generation) [Generative AI](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/generative-ai) [Feedback](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/feedback) **2025** ##### [Improving automatically generated fill-in-the-blank answer selection with an LLM-based agreement filter](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/improving-automatically-generated-fill-in-the-blank-answer-selection-with-an-llm-based-agreement-filter) **Educational Data Mining 2025 Workshop on Causal Inference** ![profile](https://research.vitalsource.com/hubfs/2021_Research/Home/profile.svg) Benny G. Johnson, Jeffrey S. Dittel, Rachel Van Campenhout (2025) [Automatic Question Generation](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/automatic-question-generation) [Generative AI](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/generative-ai) **2025** ##### [Scaling effective characteristics of ITSs: A preliminary analysis of LLM-based personalized feedback](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/scaling-effective-characteristics-of-itss-a-preliminary-analysis-of-llm-based-personalized-feedback) **International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems** ![profile](https://research.vitalsource.com/hubfs/2021_Research/Home/profile.svg) Rachel Van Campenhout, Jeffrey S. Dittel, Benny G. Johnson (2025) [Automatic Question Generation](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/automatic-question-generation) [Generative AI](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/generative-ai) [Feedback](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/feedback) **2025** ##### [Open-ended questions need personalized feedback: Analyzing LLM-enabled features with student data](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/open-ended-questions-need-personalized-feedback-analyzing-llm-enabled-features-with-student-data) **Second Workshop on Automated Evaluation of Learning and Assessment Content at the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education** ![profile](https://research.vitalsource.com/hubfs/2021_Research/Home/profile.svg) Rachel Van Campenhout, Jeffrey S. Dittel, Bill Jerome, Michelle W. Clark, Benny G. Johnson (2025) [Automatic Question Generation](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/automatic-question-generation) [Generative AI](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/generative-ai) [Feedback](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications/tag/feedback) [See all publications](https://research.vitalsource.com/publications)