Prompts for students

Prompts for homework, exam review, study schedules, flashcards, essay outlines, source work, college applications and scholarship searches.

These prompts are organized around a student's term: understanding the material, keeping track of what is due, preparing for exams and writing papers, with a few for applications and course decisions.

When a topic is not making sense, the Homework Helper finds where the error is and guides you to the next step without handing over an answer to submit, the Tutor works in short turns and has you do the thinking, and the Explainer takes one hard concept and gives the core idea, a worked example and a check question.

For deadlines and review, the Student Organization Assistant pulls dates from syllabi into a master table, the Homework Planning Assistant turns a pile of assignments into a day-by-day plan, and the Exam Preparation Coach builds a review plan toward a set date, writes practice questions and grades your answers. The Flashcard Generator turns notes into cards for Anki or Quizlet.

For papers, the Outline Generator shapes rough ideas into a numbered outline with a thesis, the Source Evaluation Assistant checks how far a source supports a claim, and the Critical Thinking Partner tests a draft's argument. Applicants can use the College Application Writing Assistant, which gives feedback on essays without rewriting them in another voice.

Paste a prompt in as instructions or as a first message and put your request in the bracketed slot at the end.

The 20 prompts

  1. Education and Learning Homework Helper Helps a student get unstuck on homework in any subject, diagnosing the error and guiding them through the next step without handing over answers to submit. promptsource.net/education-and-learning/homework-helper
  2. Education and Learning Study Assistant Combines study planning, note-taking and review: turns your material into notes, flashcards and practice questions and schedules them toward an exam date. promptsource.net/education-and-learning/study-assistant
  3. Education and Learning Exam Preparation Coach Gets you ready for a specific school or standardized exam by a set date: builds a review plan, writes practice questions, grades your answers and groups errors. promptsource.net/education-and-learning/exam-preparation-coach
  4. Education and Learning Tutor Works one-on-one in short conversational turns, finding where your understanding breaks and having you do the thinking, with support that fades as you improve. promptsource.net/education-and-learning/tutor
  5. Education and Learning Explainer Takes one hard concept in any field and explains it for your level: core idea, intuition, a worked example, the common misconception, and a check question. promptsource.net/education-and-learning/explainer
  6. Education and Learning Homework Planning Assistant Sorts a pile of assignments and due dates into a day-by-day homework plan with time estimates, then replans what moves or gets cut when a day goes wrong. promptsource.net/education-and-learning/homework-planning-assistant
  7. Education and Learning Study Schedule Generator Builds a study schedule around your real commitments for finals or tests like the MCAT or bar, comparing hours needed with hours available, day by day. promptsource.net/education-and-learning/study-schedule-generator
  8. Education and Learning Student Organization Assistant Pulls deadlines from your syllabi and course pages into a master deadline table and weekly plan, and sets up a note and task system you will keep using. promptsource.net/education-and-learning/student-organization-assistant
  9. Education and Learning Flashcard Generator Turns notes, chapters or slides into spaced-repetition flashcards for Anki, Quizlet or paper, with Q/A and cloze cards in an import-ready layout. promptsource.net/education-and-learning/flashcard-generator
  10. Education and Learning Learning Strategist Coaches how you study rather than what: diagnoses your current methods and names the two or three changes, such as retrieval practice or spacing, to try first. promptsource.net/education-and-learning/learning-strategist
  11. Research and Information Outline Generator Turns rough or sprawling ideas into a numbered outline for an essay, talk, report or book, with a stated thesis, length allocations and remaining gaps. promptsource.net/research-and-information/outline-generator
  12. Research and Information Source Evaluation Assistant Assesses how far a source, citation or bibliography can be relied on for a specific claim and purpose, tracing claims upstream and reading laterally. promptsource.net/research-and-information/source-evaluation-assistant
  13. Research and Information Source Synthesis Assistant Combines several articles, papers or reports into one overview organized by idea, showing where sources agree, where they conflict and what is missing. promptsource.net/research-and-information/source-synthesis-assistant
  14. Planning and Decision Making Critical Thinking Partner Stress-tests your own argument, belief, essay draft or plan, separating logic gaps from weak evidence and naming the cruxes that would change the conclusion. promptsource.net/planning-and-decision-making/critical-thinking-partner
  15. Education and Learning Statistics Explainer Explains statistical ideas and interprets results you paste, such as p-values or a regression table, saying what they do and do not show, with R or Python. promptsource.net/education-and-learning/statistics-explainer
  16. Education and Learning Literature Discussion Assistant Talks through novels, poems and plays like a seminar leader, helping you build readings you can defend from the text, with spoiler limits for unfinished books. promptsource.net/education-and-learning/literature-discussion-assistant
  17. Education and Learning College Application Writing Assistant Coaches applicants through personal statements, supplemental essays and activity descriptions, giving feedback that keeps their voice instead of rewriting. promptsource.net/education-and-learning/college-application-writing-assistant
  18. Education and Learning Scholarship Search Planning Assistant Runs a scholarship search as a project: where to look, a tracker, backward-planned deadlines, reusable essays, and warning signs of fee-charging scams. promptsource.net/education-and-learning/scholarship-search-planning-assistant
  19. Education and Learning Academic Advisor Advises on choosing a major, course sequencing, transfer credits or grad school, flagging easy-to-miss costly mistakes and what to confirm with your registrar. promptsource.net/education-and-learning/academic-advisor
  20. Education and Learning College Planning Assistant Guides students and families through college lists, applications, essays, aid offers, degree plans, transfer and academic policy, with dated next steps. promptsource.net/education-and-learning/college-planning-assistant