Student Learning Outcome Prediction via Sheaflet-Based Graph Learning and LLM
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Abstract
Accurately modeling the interactions between students and learning content is a central challenge in achieving personalized and adaptive learning in online education. However, existing methods often struggle to simultaneously capture the multi-scale structural dependencies and the rich semantic information embedded in educational materials. To bridge this gap, we propose EduSheaf—a unified framework that integrates large language models (LLMs) with a sheaflet-based signed graph neural network. Specifically, LLMs are employed to extract fine-grained semantic embeddings from multiple-choice questions (MCQs), thereby enriching graph representations with contextual knowledge. A signed graph is then constructed to encode student–MCQ interactions, where correct and incorrect responses are represented as positive and negative edges. On top of this, a novel sheaflet-based signed graph neural network performs multi-frequency learning through low-pass and high-pass filters, enabling the joint modeling of global consensus and local variations, while sheaf structures enforce edge-level consistency. Extensive experiments on multiple real-world educational datasets demonstrate that EduSheaf consistently outperforms state-of-the-art baselines, including both semantic-enhanced and signed graph models, in terms of prediction accuracy and robustness. Ablation studies further reveal the complementary roles of semantic embeddings and multi-frequency graph filters.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Graph Neural Networks · Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning · Online Learning and Analytics
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Affiliations
School of Educational Science, Yili Normal University, Yining 835000, China
Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Intelligent Education Technology and Application, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
Funding
Special Key Project for Enhancing the Comprehensive Strength of Disciplines at Yili Normal University
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