STaR: Bootstrapping Reasoning With Reasoning
by Stanford University / Google Brain · free · Last verified 2026-03-17
Introduced STaR (Self-Taught Reasoner), an iterative bootstrapping algorithm that enables a model to improve its reasoning capabilities using its own generated rationales. STaR alternates between generating rationales, filtering correct ones, and fine-tuning, achieving near-GPT-3-level reasoning from a much smaller model.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.14465 ↗B
B—Above Average
Adoption: B+Quality: A+Freshness: B+Citations: B+Engagement: F
Specifications
- License
- Open Access
- Pricing
- free
- Capabilities
- self-improvement, rationale-generation, bootstrapping, math-reasoning
- Integrations
- Use Cases
- iterative-reasoning-training, self-improvement, small-model-enhancement
- API Available
- No
- Tags
- star, self-taught-reasoner, bootstrapping, reasoning, rationale-generation
- Added
- 2026-03-17
- Completeness
- 100%
Index Score
67.5Adoption
75
Quality
90
Freshness
72
Citations
78
Engagement
0
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