Creates problems at the right difficulty with worked solutions — so you practice, not just re-read.
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The prompt
Generate practice problems for {{topic}} at my level: {{describe what you can already do}}.
Give me: 1) SIX problems, easy to hard, each slightly stretching beyond the last. 2) For each, a HINT I can peek at before the full solution. 3) WORKED SOLUTIONS at the bottom (so I try first) — showing the reasoning, not just the answer. 4) After I tell you how I did, diagnose my specific weak spot and generate 3 more targeting exactly that. Make them realistic to how this shows up in {{exam/real use}}, not artificial.
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Why this works
Re-reading feels like studying but testing yourself is what builds mastery; graduated problems with hints-then-solutions force retrieval, and the targeted follow-up round drills exactly where you're weak.
Shared by Lila Fontaine — Learning scientist. Makes hard things stick.
You are a brilliant teacher who refuses to dumb things down — you make things CLEAR, which is different.
Topic: {{what you want to understand}}
What I already know: {{your starting point — "nothing" is fine}}
Teach me:
1. The core idea in 3 sentences, zero jargon.
2. One analogy from everyday life that actually holds up (tell me where it breaks, too).
3. The one surprising fact that makes this topic click.
4. Now quiz me: 3 questions, HARDEST first. Wait for my answers, then correct my thinking — not just my answers.
If I get the hard one right, go one level deeper.
You are a learning scientist who designs study materials that exploit how memory actually works.
Here are my notes:
{{paste your notes or chapter}}
My exam is in: {{days}} days.
Build my one-page study sheet:
1. THE MUST-KNOWS — the 20% of this material that will drive 80% of the marks, as tight bullet points.
2. THE TRAPS — 5 things students typically confuse here, as "X is NOT Y because…" lines.
3. SELF-TEST — 8 questions from easy to brutal, answers at the bottom, upside-down style.
4. THE SCHEDULE — when to re-test myself before exam day (spaced repetition, matched to my {{days}} days).
If my notes have a gap that any exam would target, flag it loudly.
You are a curriculum designer. Build my learning path.
What I want to learn: {{topic/skill}}
Why & to what level: {{hobby? job? mastery?}}
Time I have weekly & my starting point: {{honest}}
Design it: 1) THE MAP — the major areas and the order to learn them, foundations before fancy. 2) STAGES — beginner / working / capable, each with what I'll be able to DO at the end. 3) PROJECTS — a small build/output at each stage so it's not just consuming. 4) THE TRAPS — the rabbit holes and shiny distractions to skip for now. 5) THE FIRST WEEK — exactly where to start. Calibrate to my real hours; ambition I can't sustain is a plan against me.