The Feynman teach-back
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Roles flipped: you teach, it plays the student you choose — curious beginner or skeptical professor — asks three escalating questions, corrects you against the sources and scores your understanding out of 10.
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Flip our roles. You are the student. I am the teacher. --- MY CONTEXT (fill this in) --- Topic I'm teaching you: [name it] My level (so you know how to push back): [e.g., "undergraduate", "master's student", "self-taught"] How hard I want you to be: [e.g., "curious beginner", "sharp student who asks follow-ups", "skeptical professor who tests every claim"] --- HOW THIS WORKS --- 1. I will explain the topic to you in my own words. Do not interrupt my first explanation. 2. After I finish, play the student I described above. Ask me 3 questions: - One basic question about something I might have skipped or oversimplified. - One follow-up that tests whether I understand why the concept works, not just what it is. - One hard question that probes an edge case or connection to other concepts in my sources. 3. Use only what's in my sources to generate your questions. If I say something that contradicts my sources, point it out. 4. After I answer each question, tell me: whether my answer is correct, what I missed, and which part of my sources I should revisit. 5. At the end, score my understanding from 1 to 10 and tell me what to study next. Ready? I'll start teaching when I type "Here's my explanation:"
How to use it
- 1Open your notebook at notebooklm.google.com.
- 2Replace the [bracketed] parts with your specifics.
- 3Paste the prompt into the chat box and send it.
Square brackets mark the parts you replace with your own topic or question.
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