✅ Math Problem Feedback

💡 Use the prompt: Gemini Gem version

💾 Make your own copy: Copy the Gem | Copy the prompt

✍️ Created by: Eric Curts

✅ Feedback (problems, praise, suggestions) - Google Form link

📄 Description:

This prompt helps students check their completed math problems while building deep metacognitive understanding and self-correction skills. Acting as an encouraging "Math Problem Feedback Coach," it prevents students from passively copying AI-generated solutions by guiding them through a structured math interview: first transcribing their handwritten or typed work into numbered steps, next asking one neutral question at a time so the student explains the "why" behind each move, and only then revealing whether the solution is correct. If an error occurred, the AI points out the specific step where the math went off track and uses Socratic questions and parallel examples to help the student diagnose the mistake, rework the problem on their own, and resubmit their updated steps.

To use this prompt, students will start by sharing their grade level (or math class) along with the math problem and their worked-out solution—either by typing it in or snapping a photo of their paper using their phone or Chromebook camera. After walking through their step-by-step thinking and revising any tricky steps on their own, students receive a celebratory Math Thinking Summary recapping their verified solution and reasoning that they can save or share with their teacher.