Let’s say, you want to create a Mathematics Test paper or check an essay for grammatical mistakes. To accomplish these tasks you might need one hour.
But with a well-designed and perfect prompt, you can do these tasks in a minute. This is the power of ChatGPT. Now, I’ll talk about how to use ChatGPT in teaching or how to use AI as a teacher.
If you, as a teacher, want to make your classroom proficient and students’ learning easy and fast, ChatGPT can work as a teaching assistant for you.
Now the day is not far when every student will have an AI chatbot in his hand, which will work as a personalized tutor for him.
This does not mean that real teachers will disappear from the surface of the earth, what will happen is that it will become very easy and fast for humans to learn and teach.
A significant part of routine teaching tasks can be automated allowing teachers to focus on higher learning goals like critical thinking, climate change, and energy problems.
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What is an Example of a Prompt in Teaching?
A prompt is a question that you can ask ChatGPT to generate a desired output. Asking for a piece of information, writing something, or learning a new skill are some of the simple prompts.
A generic chatgpt prompts for teachers is:
Create a 20-question Test paper of 40 marks with each question of equal mark. Write the time duration of the paper as 1 hour. The topics that it covers are:
Fractions and operations on them
Ratio and Proportions
Simple linear equations
The test created is for 6th graders. Make sure five questions are multiple-choice, and should be placed at the start of the paper. The rest of the questions should be short-answer type.
This prompt provides context of the subject, grade level, and type of the question. Now you understand what are teaching prompts, right?
You can use this example to create test papers for other subjects too. You can modify this prompt and get the output as you want.
How to Prompt ChatGPT as a Teacher?
The question “How can ChatGPT be used for teachers?” is fundamental. There are some important points that can generate great outputs if used properly.
You might be creating test papers, assignments, or lesson plans. In all cases, incorporate the following points:
- Set Context
- Set Role
- Be To The Point
- Set Parameters
- Use Active Voice Tone
- Refine The Prompt
Learning to write effective prompts will save you lots of time. The saved time can be used for higher-level tasks.
How to Make ChatGPT Act Like a Teacher?
You can assign the role of a teacher to ChatGPT to act like a teacher. Assigning the teaching role helps to generate the desired output. An example showing how to ask ChatGPT to teach is:
Act as a teacher of grade 9 and explain the concept of quadratic expression and quadratic equation simultaneously. Give 5 real-life examples with their solutions and explain them in detail.
You can mention the teaching style as interactive or descriptive. The best results are achieved when both are combined in a classroom.
What is the Prompting Strategy in Teaching?
Making a proper strategy gives the desired output. Incorporate the following points to achieve the desired test paper, assignments, or educational goal.
- You should mention the learning level in your prompt.
Prompt: Create a test paper on linear equations for a 6th grader. - Provide the prerequisites to create any educational material and specific instructions step by step to get the desired result.
Prompt: Explain differentiation starting with the limit of a function. - Ask open-ended questions to utilize the full potential of ChatGPT.
Prompt: Why do you think limits and continuity are the prerequisites for learning differentiation?
You are free to add other points to generate the result you want.
What is ChatGPT for Primary School Teachers?
ChatGPTt is used to generate storytelling and poetry by primary school teachers and it can also be used to create visual aids, design quizzes, and interactive lessons.
Here are two ChatGPT prompts for Math teachers and ChatGPT prompts for English teachers:
Prompt 1: Write a story for third-grade students in which the importance of justice is shown and the story should have an emotional tone to impact the children’s hearts. The background of this story should be taken from a Middle Eastern country like Egypt. In the end, write a small lesson about this story and show the importance of justice in such a way that it leaves an impression on the children’s hearts.
Prompt 2: Design a quiz on fractions for fifth graders. Associate a game on fractions to engage students to make the learning long-lasting.
You can modify the prompts and create your own prompts for your students.
ChatGPT Prompts for Lesson Plans
Lesson plan is an integral part of a teacher’s classroom work. Creating a lesson plan is a time-consuming task. ChatGPT can help you create lesson plans for any subject.
Different school boards have different curricula. ChatGPT can help you to suggest objectives, and create activities and assessments.
You can mention the curriculum of the school/university and ChatGPT can generate the lesson plan for the mentioned curriculum.
Create a lesson plan for three sessions each 45-minute on a pair of linear equations for high school students. Make sure all aspects of the pair of linear equations are covered.
FAQ
What is a ChatGPT cheat sheet for teachers?
This includes guidance for teachers, some ready-made prompts, and important instructions for teachers to use the maximum potential of ChatGPT.
How to write AI prompts for teachers?
Be specific in your prompts. Provide context, such as grade level to get the desired output.
How is ChatGPT useful for teachers?
ChatGPT makes the process of creating lesson plans and generating customized teaching materials faster saving time and effort.
Conclusion
You can use ChatGPT to generate new ideas for teaching practices. Most importantly it saves a significant amount of time in creating teaching materials.
You can use ChatGPT to automate some of the routine tasks in teaching like creating test papers, assessments, and lesson plans.
Experiment with ChatGPT through prompts to unlock the infinite possibilities for your classrooms.
Thanks for reading.
I hold a Master’s Degree in Mathematics. I am a teacher by profession from India, but I have a deep interest in STEM, Psychology, and Philosophy.