Sandra Sawaya

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5ranked-venue papers
2as first author
5since 2021 · last 2026
0009-0009-9680-249XORCID · corroborated

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Applied, interdisciplinary, general and emerging computing · 5 · 2 first-author · 5 since 2021Human-computer interaction and ubiquitous computing · 3 · 2 first-author · 3 since 2021Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 2 · 2 since 2021Systems, architecture and hardware · 2 · 2 since 2021
YearPublicationVenuePosition
2026 A Matter of Perspective: Contrasting User and Subject-Matter Experts' Sensemaking of LLM Feedback on Instructional Discourse
Chelsea Brown, Chelsea Chandler, Sandra Sawaya, Sidney K. D'Mello
AIED (5)3
2026 Testing an AI-Enhanced Coached-Tutor Professional Learning Model for Scaling High-Dosage Tutoring
Robert Moulder, Sandra Sawaya, Sidney K. D'Mello
L@S2
2025 Sense-Making with an AI-Enhanced Coaching Tool: A Think-Aloud Study
Sandra Sawaya, Sidney K. D'Mello
AIED (3)1
2025 Improving Tutor Discourse Practices via AI-Enhanced Coaching: A Piecewise Latent Growth Curve Modeling Approach
Sandra Sawaya, Jennifer Jacobs 0002, Robert G. Moulder, Chelsea Chandler, Brent Milne, Tom Fischaber, Sidney K. D'Mello
AIED (4)1
2024 Classifying Tutor Discursive Moves at Scale in Mathematics Classrooms with Large Language Models
abstract
In mathematics tutoring, using appropriate instructional discursive strategies, called "talk moves'', is critical to support student learning. Training tutors in the appropriate use of talk moves is a key component of tutor development programs. However, tutor development at scale is a challenge. Recent research has shown that automatic talk moves classification of tutorial discourse can facilitate large-scale delivery of personalized talk moves feedback. In this paper, we build on this work and share our current progress using large language models to classify talk moves in transcripts of tutoring sessions. We report classification results from fine-tuned models, prompt optimization, and supervised embedding vectors classification. The fine-tuned strategy performed best, yielding better performance (.87 macro and .93 weighted f1 score in predicting expert labels) than the current state-of-the-art RoBERTa model. We discuss trade-offs across methods and models.
Baptiste Moreau-Pernet, Sandra Sawaya, Peter W. Foltz, Jie Cao 0010, Brent Milne, Thomas Christie
L@S3