Find out why I lost points on a test and fix the gaps
An error analysis of your graded test that sorts mistakes by cause and builds a short plan to fix them.
The prompt
Help me analyze a graded test so I understand why I lost points and don't repeat it.
Subject and topic: [e.g. "chemistry - stoichiometry unit test"]
Questions I got wrong or partly wrong: [For each: the question, my answer, the correct answer or teacher's comment]
How I studied: [WHAT YOU DID, HOW LONG, WHEN]
Next test or final: [DATE AND WHAT IT COVERS]
For each missed question, help me classify the cause:
- Concept gap: I didn't understand the idea.
- Procedure error: I knew the idea but made a mistake in the steps.
- Careless error: misread, arithmetic slip, skipped part of the question.
- Test strategy: ran out of time, didn't show work, left it blank.
- Studied the wrong thing: it wasn't in my notes or practice.
Ask me a short question when you can't tell which cause it was rather than guessing.
Return:
1. A table: Question | What went wrong | Cause | How to fix it.
2. The pattern: which cause cost me the most points.
3. A study plan for the next test that targets those causes (e.g. practice problems for procedure errors, a checklist for careless ones).
4. One question to ask my teacher, if any are still unclear.
Don't redo the test answers for me; explain the idea behind each mistake and let me correct it.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- e.g. "chemistry - stoichiometry unit test"
- WHAT YOU DID, HOW LONG, WHEN
- DATE AND WHAT IT COVERS
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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