Multiple choice questions (MCQs) are a popular method for evaluating students' knowledge due to their efficiency in administration and grading. Crafting high-quality math MCQs is a labor-intensive process that requires educators to formulate precise stems and plausible distractors. Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have sparked interest in automating MCQ creation, but challenges persist in ensuring mathematical accuracy and addressing student errors. This paper introduces a prototype tool designed to facilitate collaboration between LLMs and educators for streamlining the math MCQ generation process. We conduct a pilot study involving math educators to investigate how the tool can help them simplify the process of crafting high-quality math MCQs. We found that while LLMs can generate well-formulated question stems, their ability to generate distractors that capture common student errors and misconceptions is limited. Nevertheless, a human-AI collaboration has the potential to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of MCQ generation.

本文介绍了一个原型工具，旨在促进语言模型与教育工作者的合作，以简化数学多项选择题生成过程。我们进行了一项试点研究，涉及数学教育工作者，以调查该工具如何帮助他们简化高质量的数学多项选择题的制作过程。研究发现，虽然语言模型能够生成良好形式的问题提示，但其生成的干扰项无法涵盖常见的学生错误和误解。尽管如此，人工智能与人类的合作有潜力提高多项选择题生成的效率和有效性。

数学多项选择题生成：人类-大型语言模型协同