Build a weekly ChatGPT study routine

What you'll need

• Notes or a textbook section you are responsible for
• Three blocks of about 25 minutes this week
• Your class AI policy. If AI is banned, this routine is off for that class

A single cram session still lives on Study for an exam. Turning a long practice test into concepts is Turn a practice quiz into core concepts. Fitting the blocks on a calendar is Make a study schedule.

Step 1: Explain it before you quiz

I am studying [class, topic] this week. Teach me as a tutor.
Rules:
- Explain the idea in plain words, with one example.
- Then ask me to explain it back. Wait for my explanation.
- Do not write an essay, a lab report, or an answer I could submit.
- If I ask you to do the homework, refuse and return to tutoring.

Here are my notes:
[paste]

Type your explanation. Do not skip to the quiz.

Step 2: Quiz one question at a time

Quiz me on only the ideas in my notes.
Ask one question. Wait for my answer. Then tell me what I got right and what I missed, in two sentences.
If I miss, give one hint and a new question on the same idea. Do not show a full written answer I could memorize and paste.
After 8 questions, stop and list only the misses.

Step 3: Review the misses on the next block

Start the next session with the miss list, not with a new chapter.

Here is what I missed last time:
[paste]

Re-explain only those, one at a time, and wait for me to try again.
Then give me 3 questions that mix an old miss with one idea I got right.
Do not add a new chapter.

Step 4: Keep a tiny log

In a note, write the date, the topic, and the misses. That log is the routine. The chat history is not, because chats get buried. If a test is close, take the miss list to the exam guide for one focused session.

Common mistakes

• Re-reading the chat's explanation and calling it studying. You have to answer with the chat waiting.
• Letting one session turn into "write my discussion post."
• Adding a new chapter before the misses are fixed.
• Using this in a class that banned AI because a different class allowed it.

Privacy: what not to paste

Your notes are usually fine. A classmate's graded paper is not. Do not paste an exam you were told not to copy, or another student's name and grades. Follow the school rules for school-owned accounts. Those logs may not be private from the school.

Director check: look before you use it

• Did you explain the idea in your own words before the quiz? If not, go back to step 1.
• Can you answer three misses with the chat closed? That is the session.
• Is any sentence something you would turn in? Delete it from your notes if you did not write it.
• Does this class allow a tutor tool? If the answer is no, stop.

One extra tip

In ChatGPT, open Study and learn from the tools menu if your account shows it, and run step 2 there. It is built to question you. You still write the log. More guides are on the School hub.