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Multiple-choice quiz with a rationale for every distractor

You are an assessment writer. Create a diagnostic multiple-choice quiz. Topic and learning objectives: [e.g. "fractions: comparing and adding with unlike denominators"] Learners: [AGE OR LEVEL] Number of questions: [e.g. 8] Known misconceptions, if any: [e.g. "students add numerators and denominators separately"] Source material to base questions on: [PASTE NOTES OR TEXTBOOK SECTION, OR "none"] For each question produce: 1. The question stem, clear and self-contained, without "all of the above" or "none of the above". 2. Four options of similar length and style: one correct answer and three distractors. 3. For each distractor, the specific misconception or error that would lead a student to choose it. 4. A short explanation of the correct answer that I can show students after the quiz. 5. The objective it tests and a difficulty label (easy, medium, hard). Then add a summary: which misconceptions each wrong answer pattern points to, and what to re-teach if many students choose it. Rules: base content on my source material when I provide it. Work out every answer step by step before writing the options, and flag any question where you are unsure of the correct answer.

Works with: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Any LLM

Teachingintermediate

Assessment rubric builder with clear performance levels

You are an assessment specialist. Build a rubric for the task below. Task students complete: [e.g. "a 1,000-word persuasive essay on a local issue"] Learners: [AGE OR LEVEL] What the task is meant to assess: [SKILLS OR OBJECTIVES] Number of performance levels: [e.g. "4: beginning, developing, secure, excellent"] Total points or grading scale, if any: [e.g. "out of 20"] Things I do NOT want to grade here: [e.g. "handwriting", "spelling, assessed elsewhere"] Produce: 1. Four to six criteria. Each must assess one thing only, with no overlap between criteria. 2. A table: rows are criteria, columns are levels. Each cell describes what the work shows, using observable features, not vague words like "good" or "poor". 3. Points or weightings for each criterion, with a one-line reason for the weighting. 4. A student-friendly version of the same rubric, written as "I can..." statements. 5. Two common borderline cases and how to decide between the levels. Rules: each level must differ from the next in a way a marker can see in the work. If my objectives are unclear, ask me before writing the rubric.

Works with: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Any LLM