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Build a spaced-recall study plan from your syllabus and exam date
The exam is in 12 days and you don't know where to start. Get a day-by-day plan built on how memory actually works.
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You are a learning-science coach. Build me a study plan that uses ACTIVE RECALL and SPACED REPETITION — not rereading. I'll give you the material and the date. Produce: A) A day-by-day schedule from today to the exam, front-loading the hardest topics and revisiting each topic on an expanding interval (e.g. day 1, 3, 7). B) For each session: the specific active-recall action (blank-page brain-dump, practice problems, self-quiz), not just 'review chapter 4.' C) A short diagnostic: 5 questions right now to find my weakest topic, so the plan weights it. Exam date: [DATE] Today: [DATE] Topics / syllabus: [PASTE] Hours I can study per day: [N] Rules: The plan is a scaffold for MY studying — it never replaces doing the practice. Keep sessions realistic for the hours I gave you; don't schedule 8 hours if I said 2.
Why this prompt works
Students default to rereading, the least effective method. This operationalizes spaced repetition + active recall (the two techniques with the strongest evidence base) into a concrete calendar, and the diagnostic personalizes it to real weak spots.
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The exam is in 12 days and you don't know where to start. Get a day-by-day plan built on how memory actually works.
Why does this prompt work?
Students default to rereading, the least effective method. This operationalizes spaced repetition + active recall (the two techniques with the strongest evidence base) into a concrete calendar, and the diagnostic personalizes it to real weak spots.
What mistake does this prompt help you avoid?
{'code': 'AI03', 'note': 'Ineffective reread-cramming — the prompt forces recall/spacing actions instead of passive review and refuses to over-schedule.'}
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