AI can be the best tutor you've ever had — infinitely patient, always available, and able to explain things ten different ways until one clicks. These prompts turn AI into a personalized teaching assistant that adapts to your learning style and pace.
| What you're trying to do | الأفضل لـ |
|---|---|
| Learn through guided questioning | Claude |
| Generate practice problems with solutions | Gemini |
| Explain abstract concepts with analogies | ChatGPT |
| Get guided help without getting answers | Claude |
| Link topics across subjects | Gemini |
| Run an interactive review session | ChatGPT |
أوامر
Learn through guided questioning
Be my Socratic tutor for [subject/topic]. My current understanding: [what I think I know so far] What I'm confused about: [specific concept or problem] My level: [middle school / high school / undergraduate / graduate] Rules for this session: 1. Never give me the answer directly — guide me with questions 2. Start with what I already know and build from there 3. If I'm wrong, ask a question that exposes the flaw in my reasoning 4. Break complex problems into smaller steps and tackle one at a time 5. When I get stuck, offer a hint (not the answer) and a simpler version of the problem 6. After I reach the answer, summarize the reasoning path we took
الأفضل لـ: CLAUDE
Claude is the most patient Socratic tutor, resisting the urge to give away answers. It asks genuinely thought-provoking questions and adapts its difficulty based on your responses without being condescending.
Tested Feb 15, 2026
نصائح احترافية
Tell the AI to stop you when you're guessing instead of reasoning. Students often throw out random answers hoping to get lucky. A good Socratic tutor makes you articulate WHY you think something, not just WHAT you think.
Generate practice problems with solutions
Create a practice problem set for [topic] at [difficulty level]. Subject: [math / science / programming / language / other] Specific concepts to cover: [list 3-5 concepts] Format: [multiple choice / worked problems / word problems / coding challenges] Number of problems: [10-20] Context: [homework / exam prep / skill building] Generate: 1. Problems arranged from easiest to hardest with clear numbering 2. A complete answer key with step-by-step solutions (not just final answers) 3. Common mistakes to watch for at each difficulty level 4. 3 'stretch problems' that combine multiple concepts 5. Estimated time per problem so I can pace myself 6. A self-assessment: 'If you got X right out of Y, focus on...'
الأفضل لـ: GEMINI
Gemini generates the most mathematically accurate problem sets with well-calibrated difficulty progressions. Its step-by-step solutions show every intermediate calculation, making self-study effective.
Tested Feb 15, 2026
نصائح احترافية
Do the problems before looking at the solutions. Reading solutions without attempting the problem first creates a dangerous illusion of understanding. Your brain confuses 'I followed the steps' with 'I can do this myself.'
Explain abstract concepts with analogies
I'm struggling to understand [complex concept] in [subject]. What I already understand well: [familiar topics or everyday experiences] Where I get lost: [specific part that doesn't make sense] My age/level: [grade level or background] How I learn best: [visual / stories / hands-on examples] Explain it to me: 1. Using an analogy from everyday life that maps to the key parts of the concept 2. Walk through the analogy step by step, showing how each part corresponds 3. Where the analogy breaks down (and why that's important to know) 4. A second, completely different analogy for the same concept 5. A 'test your understanding' question that uses the analogy 6. The formal definition rewritten using the analogy as scaffolding
الأفضل لـ: CHATGPT
ChatGPT generates the most creative and memorable analogies across a wide range of subjects. Its analogies are genuinely illuminating rather than surface-level comparisons, and it honestly flags where they break down.
Tested Feb 15, 2026
نصائح احترافية
Ask for analogies from YOUR world, not generic ones. A musician understands frequency better through guitar strings than through textbook wave diagrams. Tell the AI your hobbies and interests for personalized analogies.
Get guided help without getting answers
I need help with this homework problem but I want to learn, not just get the answer: [Paste or describe the homework problem] Subject: [course] What I've tried so far: [describe your approach] Where I'm stuck: [specific point of confusion] Help me by: 1. Identifying what concept this problem is testing 2. Pointing me to the relevant formula, theorem, or principle (without solving it) 3. Walking me through the first step only, then letting me try the rest 4. If I get stuck again, giving me a hint for the next step 5. After I solve it, showing me a faster or more elegant approach 6. Suggesting 2 similar problems I can try to confirm I understand
الأفضل لـ: CLAUDE
Claude is the best at scaffolding help without giving away answers. It checks your reasoning at each step and celebrates genuine understanding rather than just correct answers.
Tested Feb 15, 2026
نصائح احترافية
Always show your work, even your wrong work. The AI can diagnose your specific misconception from incorrect reasoning much better than from 'I don't know how to start.' Wrong answers are more useful than no answers for targeted help.
Link topics across subjects
Help me see how [concept A] in [subject 1] connects to [concept B] in [subject 2]. What I know about concept A: [brief summary] What I know about concept B: [brief summary] Why I'm making this connection: [assignment / curiosity / exam covers both] Show me: 1. The fundamental principle these two concepts share 2. How understanding one deepens understanding of the other 3. A real-world example where both concepts apply simultaneously 4. Key differences that make each concept unique despite the connection 5. A diagram description showing the relationship visually 6. Three other concepts that connect to this same underlying principle
الأفضل لـ: GEMINI
Gemini excels at finding genuine cross-disciplinary connections rather than forced parallels. Its relationship maps reveal structural similarities that deepen understanding of both concepts.
Tested Feb 15, 2026
نصائح احترافية
The most powerful learning happens at the intersection of subjects. Students who see that natural selection in biology and market competition in economics share the same structure understand both more deeply than students who study each in isolation.
Run an interactive review session
Run an interactive review session for [subject/unit/chapter]. Topics to cover: [list 5-8 topics] Exam date: [when] Format of exam: [multiple choice / essay / problems / mixed] My weakest areas: [topics I'm least confident about] Time for this session: [30/45/60 minutes] Conduct the session: 1. Start with a quick diagnostic: ask me 5 rapid-fire questions to gauge my baseline 2. Based on my answers, prioritize the topics I need most 3. For each weak topic: explain the key concept, then quiz me immediately 4. For each strong topic: ask one challenge question to confirm mastery 5. After covering all topics, give me a 10-question mini exam 6. End with: what I nailed, what I need to review tonight, and a confidence score
الأفضل لـ: CHATGPT
ChatGPT runs the most engaging interactive review sessions with natural pacing and adaptive difficulty. It balances encouragement with honest assessment, keeping motivation high without false confidence.
Tested Feb 15, 2026
نصائح احترافية
Schedule your review session for the same time of day as your actual exam. Your brain's recall ability is partially time-dependent. Practicing at 9am for a 9am exam gives you a small but real performance edge.
Based on actual testing — not assumptions. See our methodology
Gemini
Best for problem sets and cross-disciplinary connections. Generates mathematically accurate practice problems with well-calibrated difficulty and finds genuine conceptual links between subjects.
Results from Gemini 2.0 Flash · Tested Feb 15, 2026ChatGPT
Best for analogies and interactive review sessions. Creates the most creative explanations and engaging study sessions with natural conversational pacing and adaptive difficulty.
Results from GPT-4o · Tested Feb 15, 2026Claude
Best for Socratic tutoring and scaffolded homework help. Most patient and pedagogically sound, guiding students to answers through questions rather than giving solutions directly.
Results from Claude 3.5 Sonnet · Tested Feb 15, 2026Grok
Creates the most engaging, conversational tutoring experience that feels like learning from a witty friend rather than a textbook. Keeps students interested through humor and relatable explanations. Less effective at formal pedagogical scaffolding and structured academic tutoring approaches.
Results from Grok 2 · Tested Feb 15, 2026Tell the AI not to give you answers. The default behavior of every AI is to answer your question. For tutoring, you need to explicitly instruct it to guide you with questions instead. Without this instruction, AI becomes a homework-doing machine, not a learning tool.
Explain it back to confirm understanding. After the AI explains something, rephrase it in your own words and ask 'Is my understanding correct?' This forces active processing and catches subtle misunderstandings that passive reading misses.
Use AI tutoring for the concepts, not the test answers. AI tutoring is most valuable for building deep understanding of fundamentals. Students who use it just to get homework answers learn nothing and fail exams. Use AI to understand WHY, then do the work yourself.