Marty-Beth Kuntz

Control of Error, Not a Gun to the Head: A Montessori-Informed Lesson Plan for Reinforcement-Learning Harness Design

This methods note proposes a Montessori-informed approach to reinforcement-learning (RL) evaluation-harness design, centered on Maria Montessori's principle of control of error. The paper examines the engineering consequences of incorrect answer keys, ambiguous evaluation items, and faulty reward signals. Its central p...