Quick Reference STUDY METHODS · No. 9 FEEDBACK
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Feedback is not a solution.

Name the first error, not the finish.

Immediate targeted feedback (B7) is a core method: attempt first, then correction aimed at your specific error, not a redo of the whole solution.

YOUR ATTEMPT FIRST · ONE HINT

1

First wrong step

Name only the first step that goes wrong. (B7)

2

Name the belief

What must I have believed that made this look right? (B7)

3

One question

Ask one question that would help me see it, then stop. (B7)

4

Hint ladder

Smallest hint; wait for my next attempt. (A2)

Prompt · Targeted feedback

Here is a problem and my attempt. Do NOT give me the correct solution yet.
Tell me only: (1) the first step where I went wrong, (2) what I appear to
believe that made me do it, and (3) one question that would help me see it.

PROBLEM: [paste]
MY ATTEMPT: [paste everything, including uncertain steps]