IFE Conference 2027 · Springer Lecture Notes in Educational Technology (SCOPUS)

Team work plan · ITS Chemistry paper

A Socratic Intelligent Tutoring System for Undergraduate Chemistry: Self-Efficacy, Motivation, and Attitudes Toward AI
Type: Research paper Format: Springer LaTeX, 6–11 pp. Submission: anonymised (double-blind) Delivery: by Wed/Thu next week

1 The paper at a glance

From the starting point to a submission-ready manuscript.

Focus
Classroom evaluation
Self-efficacy, motivation, and perceptions of students who used the ITS.
Intervention
Socratic chemistry ITS
Two spaces: Concentration and Redox. Guides with questions, does not give the answer.
Sample
Engineering students
Instrument on self-efficacy, motivation, attitudes toward AI, and reflection.
Venue
Springer LNET · SCOPUS
Double-blind peer review, 6–11 pages in English.

2 Starting point

Framing and inputs available to start.

Working title and core message
A Socratic Intelligent Tutoring System for Undergraduate Chemistry: Self-Efficacy, Motivation, and Attitudes Toward AI
A Socratic tutor that guides with questions instead of giving the direct answer, and its effect on chemistry students' self-efficacy, motivation, and perceptions.

Research questions

  1. Does using the ITS increase self-efficacy in concentration and redox tasks?
  2. How does it change attitudes toward using AI to learn chemistry?
  3. Does it affect motivation and disposition toward the course?
  4. How do students perceive the Socratic design that withholds the direct answer?
  5. Is ITS use related to performance in the course grade? tentative · to discuss in the session

Design and analysis plan

Focus: ITS evaluation Analysis: statistical Reporting: by construct
Self-efficacy Motivation Attitudes toward AI Socratic perception Qualitative reflection

Available inputs

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Deployed ITS systemConcentration and Redox spaces, Socratic model, and deterministic verifiers.
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Study instrumentQuestionnaire with blocks A to E, already designed and administered.
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Collected dataStudent responses ready to analyse.

Literature threads to cover

ITS and LLM-based tutors
Self-efficacy in STEM (Bandura)
Generative AI in chemistry education
Socratic scaffolding and productive struggle

3 Team and responsibilities

Jorge
  • Set up the Springer template and the repository
  • Statistical analysis, tables, and figures
  • Writing of Method, Results, Discussion, and Abstract
  • ITS system description and flow figure
  • Reference integration and formatting
  • Anonymisation, final export, and ConfTool submission
Saeed
  • Search and curation of chemistry-education literature
  • Writing of the Background and disciplinary framing
  • Chemistry validation of the system (concentration and redox)
  • Qualitative coding of the reflections (item E)
  • Scientific review of the manuscript
Alfonso Crespo
  • Define the section outline together
  • Critical review of Introduction and Method
  • Argumentative coherence end to end
  • Plagiarism check and final verification

Responsibilities and authorship order to be agreed.

4 Delivery target

Target date for closing and submission.

Target date
Have the paper ready to submit by Wednesday or Thursday next week
Days set aside for the final review and the submission of the contribution.

5 Paper components and owners

Manuscript components and their main owner.

AbstractUp to 200-word summary with the core finding.Saeed
IntroductionProblem and opportunity; the research questions are already set.Saeed
Background / Related WorkITS, self-efficacy, AI in chemistry, Socratic scaffolding.Saeed
ITS system descriptionThe two spaces, the Socratic model, and the verifiers.Jorge · Saeed
MethodDesign, participants, instrument, and analysis.Jorge
Analysis + tables and figuresStatistics of the results and visualisations.Jorge
ResultsResults by research question.Jorge
Qualitative coding (item E)Themes from the reflections and representative quotes.Saeed
Discussion / Limitations / ConclusionInterpretation, scope, and implications.Jorge
ReferencesSpringer numeric style, verified.Saeed · Jorge
System figureDiagram of the tutor's Socratic flow.Jorge
Formatting, anonymisation, and submissionSpringer compliance and ConfTool upload.Jorge
Final reviewCoherence review and quality assurance of the whole manuscript.Crespo

6 Conference requirements (targets to meet)

Call rules the manuscript must meet before submission.

○Springer LaTeX template (svproc, author template)Target
○Length of 6–11 pages including referencesTarget
○Abstract of at most 200 wordsTarget
○At most four authors3 authors
○Title without a separate subtitle (joined with a colon)Target
○Springer numeric reference style (LNCS)Target
○Source indicated in each table and figure (citation / own / AI)Target
○Anonymised submission (double-blind)Target
○ConfTool registration and final PDFNext week