{"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"date_updated":"2025-07-23T11:23:32Z","citation":{"chicago":"Fichtel, Leandra, Maximilian Spliethöver, Eyke Hüllermeier, Patricia Jimenez, Nils Klowait, Stefan Kopp, Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo, et al. “Investigating Co-Constructive Behavior of Large Language Models in  Explanation Dialogues.” <i>ArXiv:2504.18483</i>, 2025.","bibtex":"@article{Fichtel_Spliethöver_Hüllermeier_Jimenez_Klowait_Kopp_Ngonga Ngomo_Robrecht_Scharlau_Terfloth_et al._2025, title={Investigating Co-Constructive Behavior of Large Language Models in  Explanation Dialogues}, journal={arXiv:2504.18483}, author={Fichtel, Leandra and Spliethöver, Maximilian and Hüllermeier, Eyke and Jimenez, Patricia and Klowait, Nils and Kopp, Stefan and Ngonga Ngomo, Axel-Cyrille and Robrecht, Amelie and Scharlau, Ingrid and Terfloth, Lutz and et al.}, year={2025} }","ieee":"L. Fichtel <i>et al.</i>, “Investigating Co-Constructive Behavior of Large Language Models in  Explanation Dialogues,” <i>arXiv:2504.18483</i>. 2025.","mla":"Fichtel, Leandra, et al. “Investigating Co-Constructive Behavior of Large Language Models in  Explanation Dialogues.” <i>ArXiv:2504.18483</i>, 2025.","apa":"Fichtel, L., Spliethöver, M., Hüllermeier, E., Jimenez, P., Klowait, N., Kopp, S., Ngonga Ngomo, A.-C., Robrecht, A., Scharlau, I., Terfloth, L., Vollmer, A.-L., &#38; Wachsmuth, H. (2025). Investigating Co-Constructive Behavior of Large Language Models in  Explanation Dialogues. In <i>arXiv:2504.18483</i>.","short":"L. Fichtel, M. Spliethöver, E. Hüllermeier, P. Jimenez, N. Klowait, S. Kopp, A.-C. Ngonga Ngomo, A. Robrecht, I. Scharlau, L. Terfloth, A.-L. Vollmer, H. Wachsmuth, ArXiv:2504.18483 (2025).","ama":"Fichtel L, Spliethöver M, Hüllermeier E, et al. Investigating Co-Constructive Behavior of Large Language Models in  Explanation Dialogues. <i>arXiv:250418483</i>. Published online 2025."},"main_file_link":[{"url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.18483"}],"external_id":{"arxiv":["2504.18483"]},"year":"2025","title":"Investigating Co-Constructive Behavior of Large Language Models in  Explanation Dialogues","project":[{"grant_number":"438445824","_id":"121","name":"TRR 318 - B01: TRR 318 - Ein dialogbasierter Ansatz zur Erklärung von Modellen des maschinellen Lernens (Teilprojekt B01)"},{"_id":"127","name":"TRR 318 - C4: TRR 318 - Subproject C4 - Metaphern als Werkzeug des Erklärens"},{"_id":"122","name":"TRR 318 - B3: TRR 318 - Subproject B3"},{"name":"TRR 318 - Ö: TRR 318 - Project Area Ö","_id":"119"},{"grant_number":"438445824","name":"TRR 318 - A04: TRR 318 - Integration des technischen Modells in das Partnermodell bei der Erklärung von digitalen Artefakten (Teilprojekt A04)","_id":"114"}],"type":"preprint","status":"public","_id":"60718","page":"20","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"The ability to generate explanations that are understood by explainees is the\r\nquintessence of explainable artificial intelligence. Since understanding\r\ndepends on the explainee's background and needs, recent research focused on\r\nco-constructive explanation dialogues, where an explainer continuously monitors\r\nthe explainee's understanding and adapts their explanations dynamically. We\r\ninvestigate the ability of large language models (LLMs) to engage as explainers\r\nin co-constructive explanation dialogues. In particular, we present a user\r\nstudy in which explainees interact with an LLM in two settings, one of which\r\ninvolves the LLM being instructed to explain a topic co-constructively. We\r\nevaluate the explainees' understanding before and after the dialogue, as well\r\nas their perception of the LLMs' co-constructive behavior. Our results suggest\r\nthat LLMs show some co-constructive behaviors, such as asking verification\r\nquestions, that foster the explainees' engagement and can improve understanding\r\nof a topic. However, their ability to effectively monitor the current\r\nunderstanding and scaffold the explanations accordingly remains limited."}],"user_id":"98454","has_accepted_license":"1","publication":"arXiv:2504.18483","date_created":"2025-07-22T13:10:42Z","author":[{"last_name":"Fichtel","full_name":"Fichtel, Leandra","first_name":"Leandra"},{"full_name":"Spliethöver, Maximilian","first_name":"Maximilian","last_name":"Spliethöver"},{"last_name":"Hüllermeier","first_name":"Eyke","full_name":"Hüllermeier, Eyke"},{"full_name":"Jimenez, Patricia","first_name":"Patricia","id":"103339","last_name":"Jimenez"},{"last_name":"Klowait","id":"98454","orcid":"0000-0002-7347-099X","full_name":"Klowait, Nils","first_name":"Nils"},{"full_name":"Kopp, Stefan","first_name":"Stefan","last_name":"Kopp"},{"last_name":"Ngonga Ngomo","id":"65716","first_name":"Axel-Cyrille","full_name":"Ngonga Ngomo, Axel-Cyrille"},{"last_name":"Robrecht","first_name":"Amelie","full_name":"Robrecht, Amelie"},{"first_name":"Ingrid","full_name":"Scharlau, Ingrid","orcid":"0000-0003-2364-9489","last_name":"Scharlau","id":"451"},{"full_name":"Terfloth, Lutz","first_name":"Lutz","id":"37320","last_name":"Terfloth"},{"full_name":"Vollmer, Anna-Lisa","first_name":"Anna-Lisa","last_name":"Vollmer"},{"last_name":"Wachsmuth","full_name":"Wachsmuth, Henning","first_name":"Henning"}]}