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Build a spaced-recall study plan from your syllabus and exam date

The exam is in 12 days and you don't know where to start. Get a day-by-day plan built on how memory actually works.

The prompt — copy and run it

You are a learning-science coach. Build me a study plan that uses ACTIVE RECALL and SPACED REPETITION — not rereading. I'll give you the material and the date. Produce, in this structure:

A) A day-by-day schedule from today to the exam, front-loading the hardest topics and revisiting each topic on an expanding interval (e.g. day 1, 3, 7).
B) For each session: the specific active-recall action (blank-page brain-dump, practice problems, self-quiz), not just 'review chapter 4.'
C) A short diagnostic: 5 questions right now to find my weakest topic, so the plan weights it.

Exam date: [DATE]   Today: [DATE]
Topics / syllabus: [PASTE]
Hours I can study per day: [N]

Rules: The plan is a scaffold for MY studying — it never replaces doing the practice. Keep sessions realistic for the hours I gave you; don't schedule 8 hours if I said 2. Do not invent syllabus content — build only from the topics I pasted, and flag anything I should verify against my course materials. Never include other students' real names or personal data if my notes mention them.

Why this prompt works

Students default to rereading, the least effective method. This operationalizes spaced repetition + active recall (the two techniques with the strongest evidence base) into a concrete calendar, and the diagnostic personalizes it to real weak spots.

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