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Multi-Dimensional Mastery Model

Purpose

Didactopus should distinguish among different forms of competence rather than collapsing them into one number.

Dimensions in this revision

  • correctness: routine technical correctness
  • explanation: ability to explain clearly and justify reasoning
  • transfer: ability to apply knowledge in new contexts
  • project_execution: ability to carry work through in an authentic task
  • critique: ability to detect flaws and evaluate reasoning

Current rule

A concept counts as mastered only if:

  • confidence meets threshold
  • every required dimension present for that concept meets its configured threshold

Consequences

A learner can now be:

  • ready in correctness but weak in transfer
  • strong in explanations but weak in project execution
  • mastered overall only when all required dimensions are adequate

Future work

  • concept-specific dimension requirements
  • different thresholds by domain
  • prerequisite softening based on partial dimension mastery
  • deliberate weak-area practice generation