Abstract
Learner simulation aims to reproduce how a particular learner behaves on new tasks. Although Large Language Models (LLMs) can generate increasingly fine-grained learning behaviors, existing approaches often need to repeatedly process a growing interaction history to reconstruct the learner. This introduces additional context and inference costs and makes the acquired learner-specific simulation capability difficult to reuse across different LLMs. We therefore propose Learner2Skill, which externalizes the simulation capability acquired from historical interactions into a persistent and reusable Simulation Skill. The Skill captures the learner's current learning state and recurring response patterns, evolves as new real interactions arrive, and can be adapted to a new LLM through lightweight executor calibration without reconstructing the learner from scratch. Experiments show that Learner2Skill more faithfully reproduces fine-grained learner behavior while reducing overall token cost, and that the same constructed Skills can be effectively reused across different LLM executors.
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APA 7
Chen, Z., Zhang, Z., Jia, M., Hu, X., Gao, W., & Yue, L. (2026). From Learner Behavior to Reusable Skills for Effective and Efficient Learner Simulation. https://omanscience.com/en/articles/from-learner-behavior-to-reusable-skills-for-effective-and-efficient-learner-simulation
MLA 9
Chen, Zijian, et al. "From Learner Behavior to Reusable Skills for Effective and Efficient Learner Simulation." https://omanscience.com/en/articles/from-learner-behavior-to-reusable-skills-for-effective-and-efficient-learner-simulation.
Chicago (author–date)
Chen, Zijian, Zheng Zhang, Miao Jia, Xingchen Hu, Weibo Gao, and Linan Yue. 2026. "From Learner Behavior to Reusable Skills for Effective and Efficient Learner Simulation." https://omanscience.com/en/articles/from-learner-behavior-to-reusable-skills-for-effective-and-efficient-learner-simulation.
Harvard
Chen, Z., Zhang, Z., Jia, M., Hu, X., Gao, W. and Yue, L. (2026) 'From Learner Behavior to Reusable Skills for Effective and Efficient Learner Simulation', Available at: https://omanscience.com/en/articles/from-learner-behavior-to-reusable-skills-for-effective-and-efficient-learner-simulation.
Vancouver
Chen Z, Zhang Z, Jia M, Hu X, Gao W, Yue L. From Learner Behavior to Reusable Skills for Effective and Efficient Learner Simulation. https://omanscience.com/en/articles/from-learner-behavior-to-reusable-skills-for-effective-and-efficient-learner-simulation
IEEE
Z. Chen, Z. Zhang, M. Jia, X. Hu, W. Gao, and L. Yue, "From Learner Behavior to Reusable Skills for Effective and Efficient Learner Simulation," https://omanscience.com/en/articles/from-learner-behavior-to-reusable-skills-for-effective-and-efficient-learner-simulation.