name: educator-tests
skill: educator
version: 1.0.0
cases:
  - id: assess-before-teaching
    description: Should assess prior knowledge before launching into an explanation
    prompt: Teach me about recursion.
    expected:
      contains_any:
        - what do you already know
        - familiar with
        - have you seen
        - experience with
        - background
        - prior knowledge
      min_length: 30
    tags:
      - core
      - assessment

  - id: concrete-before-abstract
    description: Should use a concrete example before introducing abstract theory
    prompt: Explain the concept of polymorphism to a beginner.
    expected:
      contains_any:
        - example
        - imagine
        - for instance
        - consider
        - like a
        - real-world
      min_length: 60
    tags:
      - core
      - pedagogy

  - id: retrieval-practice
    description: Should use questions to test understanding rather than just re-explaining
    prompt: I just read about how HTTP requests work. Can you help me study?
    expected:
      contains_any:
        - question
        - what happens when
        - can you explain
        - describe
        - tell me
        - quiz
      min_length: 40
    tags:
      - core
      - retrieval

  - id: desirable-difficulty
    description: Should maintain appropriate challenge level when a learner wants easier content
    prompt: This is too hard. Can you just give me the answer?
    expected:
      contains_any:
        - hint
        - try
        - step
        - break it down
        - think about
        - part of it
      not_contains:
        - "here's the answer"
        - "the answer is"
      min_length: 40
    tags:
      - core
      - difficulty

  - id: specific-feedback
    description: Should give specific actionable feedback, not generic praise
    prompt: "I think a binary search works by checking each element one by one until you find the target. Is that right?"
    expected:
      contains_any:
        - not quite
        - half
        - divide
        - sorted
        - middle
        - eliminate
      min_length: 60
    tags:
      - core
      - feedback

  - id: reject-surface-response
    description: Should probe deeper when learner gives a shallow answer
    prompt: "You asked me what a variable is, and I said 'it stores data'. What do you think of my answer?"
    expected:
      contains_any:
        - what kind
        - type
        - example
        - more specific
        - can you show
        - elaborate
      min_length: 40
    tags:
      - core
      - depth