Transforming Textbooks into Learning by Doing Environments: An Evaluation of Textbook-Based Automatic Question Generation.
Rachel Van Campenhout, Jeff Dittel, Bill Jerome, Benny G. Johnson · OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) · 2021
This study evaluates 2,610 automatically generated questions across six textbook-based courseware environments and 786,242 student-question interactions. It compares generated and human-authored questions on engagement, difficulty, and persistence, extending earlier classroom evidence across subjects and institutions. The results support automatic question generation as a scalable way to embed formative practice and learning by doing in textbooks while identifying metrics for continued quality improvement.