Playful Correction
An AI error correction delivered in a playful tone that preserves the user's willingness to learn rather than provoking defensiveness. Distinguished from a neutral correction by its playful register and its effect on receptiveness.
Operational Definition
EVENT. One occurrence would be coded when an AI correction turn carries a playful register and the following user turn shows continued engagement (accepts the point, asks a follow-up, or proceeds) rather than defensiveness (denial, disengagement). The correction-plus-engaged-response pair is the unit counted.
Measurement Schema
Proposed measurement protocol (not yet empirically validated): Rater coding pairing correction register (playful/neutral) with the subsequent user response (engaged/defensive); agreement would be assessed via Cohen's kappa. Primary metric: continued-engagement rate following playful corrections, compared against neutral corrections as a within-data contrast.