# On-Demand Instructional Material Providing Agent Based on MLLM for Tutoring Support

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.25195 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2603.25195/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Placed in Educational agents and math problem solving, one of 16 directions in LLM agents and tool use.
- Builds on 4 of its 10 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 26 Mar 2026.

## Placed in

- LLM agents and tool use / [Educational agents and math problem solving](https://mlsanity.com/agents/educational-agents-and-math-problem-solving/)

## Builds on (most cited first, 4 of 4)

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- [Ruffle&Riley: Insights from Designing and Evaluating a Large Language Model-Based Conversational Tutoring System](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2404.17460/) (2024)
- [Visualizing Dialogues: Enhancing Image Selection through Dialogue Understanding with Large Language Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2407.03615/) (2024)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Effective instruction in tutoring requires promptly providing instructional materials that match the needs of each student (e.g., in response to questions). In this study, we introduce an agent that automatically delivers supplementary materials on demand during one-on-one tutoring sessions. Our agent uses a multimodal large language model to analyze spoken dialogue between the instructor and the student, automatically generate search queries, and retrieve relevant Web images. Evaluation experiments demonstrate that our agent reduces the average image retrieval time by 44.4 s compared to cases without support and successfully provides images of acceptable quality in 85.7% of trials. These results indicate that our agent effectively supports instructors during tutoring sessions.