Using ChatGPT as a revision tool
Using ChatGPT for effective revision
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Save Time
ChatGPT can help you find information faster.
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Understand Concepts
It can explain difficult concepts in an understandable way.
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Practice Exam Skills
It can generate exam-style questions and practice answers.
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Boost Confidence
ChatGPT can help you feel more prepared for exams.
Prompts to get accurate and detailed information
Specific
Provide context and background information. Ask specific questions about a topic.
Detailed
Use keywords like "explain", "describe", "compare", "contrast".
Precise
Use precise language and focus on specific aspects.
Creating flashcards with ChatGPT
Request Flashcards
Ask ChatGPT to create flashcards based on a specific topic or area of the syllabus – IB Geography – you can copy and paste the part of the specification you need help on.
Specify Content
Provide key terms, definitions, or specific information you need to revise – take the exact key terms from the specification – these will be the words used in the exam.
Review and Edit
ChatGPT might not be perfect. Review and edit the flashcards to ensure accuracy and clarity – cross reference these with your classwork, lesson PowerPoints on Teams and other reliable revision tools.
Creating flashcards with ChatGPT
Copy the part of the specification you wish to make notes on into ChatGPT with specific and detailed instructions of what you want to be created.
Cross-reference the information provided by ChatGPT with your class notes and other reputable information sources.
Once you are sure the information is correct, write the information onto flashcards.
Or use Quizlet to create online versions (Create a New Flashcard Set | Quizlet).
Creating flashcards with Quizlet
Test, learn or print the flashcards after you have created them!
Name your flashcards set using the specification.
Copy and paste the information from ChatGPT onto the individual flashcards. You can add an image to each one if you wish (these can be your own image, or one provided).
Generating exam-style questions using the specification
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Define Scope
Specify the topic, subtopic, and assessment objectives from the syllabus.
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Provide Examples
Give ChatGPT examples of exam-style questions from past papers.
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Generate Questions
Ask ChatGPT to create questions based on the provided specifications and examples.
Getting ChatGPT to quiz you on specific information
Provide the information you want to be quizzed on.
Ask ChatGPT to create a quiz based on that information.
Set the difficulty level of the quiz.
ChatGPT will ask you multiple-choice questions and provide feedback on your answers.
Limitations and considerations when using ChatGPT
Bias
Critical Thinking
Always verify information from ChatGPT with reliable sources.
e.g., Class notes, lesson PowerPoints on Teams, IB Geography etc.
ChatGPT may sometimes provide inaccurate or outdated information.
Bias
ChatGPT's responses can be influenced by the data it was trained on.
Accuracy