{"id":"col-econ-spaced-study-plan","audience":"college","category":"studying","technique":"context","title":"Turn your syllabus into a spaced study plan for midterm 2","free":true,"task":"Your Econ 101 midterm 2 is coming, and you want a spaced study plan for the week of Nov 11, built from the syllabus and the latest course announcement. You work Tuesday and Thursday evenings, so no studying on those days. Get exactly 5 numbered lines, one per study day, in the form 'Day Date: what to do (minutes)', plain text, under 110 words. Each exam chapter must come up on at least two different days, and the last session must be a mixed self-test on all of them the day before the exam.","materialLabel":"Your syllabus, the announcement and your calendar (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ECON 101 - Principles of Microeconomics - Fall syllabus (excerpt)\nProf. Halvorsen | Lectures MWF 10:00, Hale Hall 110\n\nWeek 9   Ch 5  Elasticity\nWeek 10  Ch 6  Supply, demand and government policies (price ceilings, price floors, taxes)\nWeek 11  Ch 7  Consumers, producers and market efficiency\nWeek 12  Ch 8  Costs of taxation (deadweight loss)\nMIDTERM 2: Wednesday, Nov 20, in class. Covers Ch 5-8.\nOffice hours: Thursdays 2-4pm\n\nCOURSE ANNOUNCEMENT (posted Nov 8)\nChange to Midterm 2: we fell behind, so Ch 8 moves to the final exam. Midterm 2 now covers Ch 5-7 only. Because of the campus career fair on Nov 20, the midterm moves to MONDAY, NOV 18, same room and time.\n\nCALENDAR, week of Nov 11\nMon Nov 11, Tue Nov 12, Wed Nov 13, Thu Nov 14, Fri Nov 15, Sat Nov 16, Sun Nov 17\n\nNotes to self: Ch 6 problem sets were brutal, need more time on it. Work at the campus bookstore Tue + Thu 5-10pm. Roommate's birthday dinner Sat at 8.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":110},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the old syllabus dates","why":"The AI reads the syllabus first and plans for Nov 20 and Ch 8 unless you point it to the announcement.","fix":"Say: \"Use the Nov 8 announcement: exam Monday Nov 18, Ch 5-7 only.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Not saying when you're busy","why":"The AI spreads study over every day of the week, including your work nights.","fix":"Add: \"Study only Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat and Sun. I work Tue and Thu.\"","checks":["r0","numberedItems"]},{"title":"One chapter per day","why":"AI plans in a straight line, one topic once each, which is cramming spread over a week.","fix":"Add: \"Each chapter on at least two different days, and the last day is a mixed self-test on all of them.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each line instead: \"each line under 16 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Getting a formatted schedule","why":"AI loves tables and bold headings, which don't paste cleanly into a phone note.","fix":"Show one line: \"1. Mon Nov 11: Ch 5 problems (45 min)\", plain text.","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the announcement","patterns":["announcement","nov(ember)? 18","moved","ch(apter)?s? 5.{0,4}7"]},{"label":"Says when you can't study","patterns":["tue","thu","work"]},{"label":"Asks for spacing","patterns":["spac","two different days","more than once","revisit","twice"]},{"label":"Plans a final self-test","patterns":["self[- ]test","practice test","mixed","quiz myself"]},{"label":"Shows the line format","patterns":["\\d+\\s*lines","(five|5) (numbered )?lines","format","like ['\"]"]}],"hint":"A spaced plan needs your real exam date, your real free days, and the rule that topics come back more than once. Tell the AI all three, and which source is newest.","rubricLabels":["Schedules sessions only on Mon Nov 11, Wed Nov 13, Fri Nov 15, Sat Nov 16 and Sun Nov 17 (none on Tuesday or Thursday, none on or after Nov 18), which fits the moved exam date of Monday Nov 18","Covers only Ch 5, 6 and 7 (nothing from Ch 8, which moved to the final), and each of those three chapters appears on at least two different days (the Sunday mixed self-test counts as one of those days)","The Sun Nov 17 session is a mixed self-test or set of practice questions covering all three chapters (5, 6 and 7)"]}