{"id":"search-hs-pick-credible-four-day-week","audience":"high-school","category":"ai-search","track":"research","technique":"verification","title":"Pick the 3 most credible sources from 8 search results","free":false,"task":"For your civics debate on 4-day school weeks, your teacher only counts sources from 2022 or later, written by researchers or a government agency, with their own data. From the 8 results, write exactly 4 numbered lines: lines 1-3 each name one source that meets all three tests with a reason under 15 words, and line 4 starts with Avoid: and names the most misleading result and why. Plain text, under 90 words.","materialLabel":"Your 8 search results (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Search: \"does a 4 day school week improve attendance\"\n\nA. \"Four-Day Weeks in 41 Rural Districts: Attendance Report\" - State Department of Education, March 2025. Snippet: Attendance data from 41 districts, before and after the switch.\n\nB. \"Kids LOVE the 4 day week!\" - ParentTalk Forum thread, 2025. Snippet: 212 replies, mostly parents sharing their own kids' experience.\n\nC. \"Why Your District Needs a 4-Day Week\" - ClassClock Blog (sponsored), 2025. Snippet: \"Districts using ClassClock scheduling saw attendance jump 18%!\" ClassClock sells school scheduling software.\n\nD. \"Attendance and Achievement After the Four-Day Switch\" - Journal of Rural Education, peer-reviewed, 2023. Snippet: Study of 9,400 students over three years.\n\nE. \"The Four-Day School Week: Early Evidence\" - Midland Policy Review, 2014. Snippet: One of the first studies, 6 districts.\n\nF. \"Four-day week: a mixed picture\" - Hollis University Center for Education Policy, 2024. Snippet: Center's own survey of 2,100 teachers plus attendance records.\n\nG. \"Superintendent: I'd never go back\" - Op-ed in the Valley Courier, 2024. Snippet: A superintendent's personal view; no data.\n\nH. \"4-day weeks are spreading\" - Daily Metro news article, 2025. Snippet: Quotes the ClassClock 18% figure and the state report.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":90},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not giving the teacher's tests","why":"The AI ranks by its own sense of quality and may pick the 2014 study because it's 'foundational'.","fix":"Add: \"Only 2022 or later, by researchers or government, with their own data.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Skipping the warning","why":"The AI lists good sources but doesn't flag the sponsored one that's being repeated in the news.","fix":"Add: \"Line 4: Avoid: name the most misleading result and why.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not saying how many lines","why":"The AI reviews all 8 results one by one.","fix":"Say: \"exactly 4 numbered lines.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each reason under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Getting markdown back","why":"AI bolds source names, which looks messy in your debate notes.","fix":"Ask for \"plain text, no bold.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the credibility tests","patterns":["2022","government","research","own data"]},{"label":"Asks for exactly 3 picks","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,20}(source|pick)","exactly"]},{"label":"Asks what to avoid","patterns":["avoid","misleading","sponsored","worst"]},{"label":"Caps the reasons","patterns":["under \\d+ words","\\d+ words","short reason"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown"]}],"hint":"\"Most credible\" means different things to different people. Hand the AI your teacher's exact tests and ask it to name the trap too.","rubricLabels":["Lines 1-3 pick exactly the State Department of Education report (A), the Journal of Rural Education study (D) and the Hollis University center (F), in any order","Each of lines 1-3 gives a reason tied to the teacher's tests (recent date, researcher or government author, or own data)","Line 4 starts with Avoid: and names the ClassClock sponsored post (C) or the Daily Metro article that repeats its 18% figure (H), saying the number comes from a company selling the product"]}