# Examining Variation in How Guided AI Tutors Resolve Student Impasses

**Published:** October 1, 2026
**Author:** Bakhtawar Ahtisham, Kirk Vanacore, Alessandra Napoli, Josh Arens, Ksenia Ionova, Clayton Cohn, Shima Salehi, Rene Kizilcec
**Source:** arXiv — cs.AI
**Language:** en-US
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When a student is stuck, a tutor faces the assistance dilemma: help given too early can hinder productive struggle, while help withheld too long leaves the student in a frustrating, persistent impasse (i.e., wheel spinning). Generative AI tutors increasingly use guardrails…

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