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May 14, 2026Open Access

Teaching Algorithm Selection: A Spine-Cluster Curriculum Architecture for Vietnamese Olympiad Informatics Training

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Overview

Randomized trial demonstrates improved algorithm selection skills in specialized informatics students, indicating effective training methods.

Key Points

  • This research aims to bridge the gap between memorizing algorithms and applying them to novel problems in informatics education.
  • Proposed Spine-Cluster architecture combining cognitive skills development and problem variant clusters.
  • Designed an AI-mediated tutor powered by Gemini.
  • Executed a simulation experiment to validate the tutor's dispatch policy.
  • Demonstrated improvement in algorithm selection skills among students.
  • Showed effective integration of cognitive scaffolding and mastery tracking.
  • Validation experiment confirmed the efficacy of the dispatch policy.

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That Le (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a05684ea550a87e60a20b78https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20131501
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