Evaluating Feedback Focus and Pedagogical Adaptivity in LLM-Generated Feedback on Student Writing

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arXiv:2609.28026v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We investigate whether state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs) generate feedback that reflects the pedagogical practices of expert teachers in terms of feedback focus and adaptivity. Previous evaluation efforts have examined feedback characteristics, its impact on learning, and its target, yet the focus of feedback and its adaptivity remains largely overlooked. To bridge this gap, we adopt and refine Narciss's taxonomy into seven feedback foc