Study guide
How to study with AI while keeping verification and reasoning in your hands
Use AI to work through doubts, prepare prompts or reorganize notes: try first, then redo the task without the conversation.
An assisted answer does not demonstrate independent learning
Bastani and colleagues (2025) studied GPT-4-based tutors in high-school math. Without the tested pedagogical safeguards, access helped practice but harmed later unassisted performance; a tutor with hints and teacher-prepared materials mitigated this.
The finding concerns that setting and design, not all AI tools or Supernapse. [B] UNESCO's 2023 guidance recommends a human-centered approach, pedagogical evaluation and data protection; it is institutional guidance, not an experiment showing learning gains. [U]
Attempt, ask, verify and attempt again
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Define a task and try first
Note what you understood and where you got stuck.
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Ask for bounded help
A step, an example or questions; to solve it yourself, ask for a hint first.
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Check the reference
Definitions, calculations, units and citations: a cited source must exist and support the claim.
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Try again without help
Explain it or solve a related problem without the conversation.
Requests that show the learning task
Why does this quantity enter the expression?
A hint: what does it represent here? Try the next step, and send a full photo of any diagram.
Make questions from this passage, answers kept separate.
Three prompts: definition, condition of use and application. Answer without looking, then check each against the text.
Reorganize this summary but keep this condition.
I separated the general case from the exception. Compare with the original: a specific request does not guarantee every detail.
When to reduce AI use
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The task must show independent work
Follow assistance and authorship rules; generated content does not prove your reasoning.
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You cannot verify the explanation
Find a reliable source or human guidance; rephrasing until it sounds right is no check.
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It contains data you should not share
Check the applicable policies; remove unnecessary personal or confidential data.
Where Supernapse fits
Supernapse links summaries, cards, questions and the AI Tutor to your materials; edit outputs and discuss questions, including from an exercise photo.
This guide's requests do not establish a mandatory hint mode, automatic source verification or proven app effectiveness.
Sources and limits of the evidence
Published by the Supernapse team. References support the research claims marked in the text; workflows and examples are practical suggestions, not validated protocols or tests of the app's effectiveness.