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How to write good prompts

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As a child, I had a goofy recurring daydream: maybe if I type just the right sequence of keys, the computer would beep a few times in sly recognition, then a hidden world would suddenly unlock before my eyes. I’d find myself with new powers which I could use to transcend my humdrum life.

2:56

The central role of retrieval practice

11:14

A recipe for chicken stock

7:43

How to make and store chicken stock: factual and procedural knowledge

22:16

What stock is and why it matters: conceptual knowledge

6:43

Using chicken stock: open lists and salience prompts

11:37

Writing prompts, in practice

15:57

Acknowledgements

0:48

Licensing and attribution

0:22

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Using spaced repetition to create understanding

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