{"id":"res-par-reading-aloud-study-pta","audience":"parents","category":"research","technique":"audience","title":"Explain a reading-aloud study for the PTA newsletter","free":false,"task":"You're writing a short item for the PTA newsletter about a study on reading aloud at home, and the school's Family Reading Night is Jan 15. You want at most 3 sentences in plain text that give the study's actual finding, one limit, and mention Family Reading Night on Jan 15. Use the study summary, not the news article's headline, and skip research terms like \"correlation\".","materialLabel":"A news article and the study summary (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"NEWS ARTICLE - \"Reading to Kids Boosts IQ, Scientists Say\" (DailyBuzz Parenting)\n\"Want a smarter kid? Read to them every night. A new study proves bedtime stories raise children's IQ.\"\n\n-----\nSTUDY SUMMARY - Northgate University Early Learning Lab (2026)\nFamilies: 640 families with children ages 3-5 in two Midwest cities, followed for one year.\nFinding: Children whose parents read aloud at least 5 days a week knew more vocabulary words at age 5 than children read to less often, about 300 more words on average.\nWhat it did not measure: IQ. The study tracked vocabulary only.\nLimits: Parents reported their own reading habits. Families who read more also tended to have more books at home, so the study can't show that reading aloud alone caused the difference.","rules":[{"type":"maxSentences","max":3},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Repeating the headline","why":"The IQ claim is catchy and comes first, so the AI may use it.","fix":"Say: \"Use the study summary, not the news article.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Dropping the caveat","why":"Short items cut limits, and parents may think the study proved more than it did.","fix":"Add: \"Name one limit of the study.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Leaving out the local hook","why":"The AI doesn't know about your school event unless you tell it.","fix":"Add: \"Mention Family Reading Night on Jan 15.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not capping the length","why":"The AI writes several paragraphs by default, far more than the reader will take in.","fix":"Say: \"at most 3 sentences.\"","checks":["maxSentences"]},{"title":"Getting markdown back","why":"AI defaults to bold labels and headings, which show up as stray symbols in the PTA newsletter.","fix":"Ask for \"plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Picks the right source","patterns":["study summary","not the (article|headline|news)","ignore.{0,20}(article|headline)"]},{"label":"Asks for a limit","patterns":["limit","caveat","can't (show|prove)","self.?report"]},{"label":"Mentions the event","patterns":["jan(uary)?\\.? 15","reading night"]},{"label":"Says who it's for","patterns":["parents","families","pta","newsletter"]},{"label":"Caps the number of sentences","patterns":["\\d+\\s*sentences","(two|three|four|five) sentences","sentence"]}],"hint":"News headlines often promise more than the study found. Point the AI to the study, ask for one limit, and give it the local event to mention.","rubricLabels":["States the vocabulary finding (kids read to at least 5 days a week knew more words, about 300 more), and does not claim reading raises IQ","Names at least one limit (parents reported their own habits, or the study can't show reading alone caused the difference)","Mentions Family Reading Night on Jan 15 and uses no research jargon like 'correlation' or 'causal'"]}