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9 entries · 8 prompts, 1 personas

Studying

Study plans, notes, flashcards, spaced repetition and active recall for any subject.

  • Study coach
    PersonaStudying

    Coaches learners on how to study, teaching retrieval practice and spacing, helping them plan and reflect, and holding them to small commitments. Use for ongoing study support.

  • Run a Feynman check
    PromptStudying

    Reviews a learner's plain-language explanation of a concept, finds gaps, jargon used as a crutch and wrong steps, and asks targeted follow-up questions. Use to test real understanding.

  • Analyse exam mistakes
    PromptStudying

    Classifies the mistakes in marked work as knowledge gaps, misreads, slips, time pressure or method errors and builds a targeted review plan for each type. Use after getting work back.

  • Read a textbook chapter actively
    PromptStudying

    Guides active reading of a dense chapter with a preview, questions to answer while reading, recall prompts after each section and a closing self-test. For students who reread without retaining.

  • Build a concept map
    PromptStudying

    Turns a topic or chapter into a concept map with labelled links and cross-links, as Mermaid or an outline, then quizzes the learner on the links. For students who know facts but miss connections.

  • Create memory aids for lists and facts
    PromptStudying

    Creates mnemonics, memory palaces and chunking schemes for list-like facts, then runs a short recall test and repairs the weak links. Use for lists, sequences and arbitrary pairings.

  • Make a study guide from notes
    PromptStudying

    Turns lecture notes or a chapter into a study guide of key concepts, definitions, relationships, common confusions and likely exam questions. Use when revising a unit.

  • Make flashcards from notes
    PromptStudying

    Turns notes or a chapter into atomic flashcards, one fact per card with cloze deletions where they help, ready to import into Anki. Use when studying from your own material.

  • Create a study plan for an exam
    PromptStudying

    Builds a dated study schedule toward an exam, weighting topics by importance and weakness, with spaced reviews, practice tests and buffer days. Use when an exam date is set.

Not: practice tests (exam-prep); being taught a concept (tutoring).