Helpful Prompts for Students and Academic Research
Prompts that help students understand sources, plan research and review drafts while keeping verification, authorship and academic judgement in their own hands.
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AI can be an excellent tutor and a poor ghostwriter. Use it to explain, quiz and give feedback, and keep the thinking and writing your own.
Key points
- Ask for explanations at your level, with examples.
- Request practice questions instead of answers.
- Always check facts against your course sources.
Try this prompt
You are a tutor for [subject]. Explain [topic] simply, then quiz me with five questions one at a time. After each answer, tell me what I got right and what to review.
Note which sources you used and how AI helped, in case your instructor asks.