Read the problem clearly
Work out what the question is asking before guessing an answer.
Not completed answers. Help to think it through.
No direct answers. One thinking step at a time.
The AI Tutor asks one question about the problem at a time. Your child explains, finds evidence, tries and corrects.
AI TutorPractising: explain your reason
What do you think the question is really asking?
I think it is…
What evidence supports that? Could there be another possibility?
Six thinking moves
Practise how to think, not how to copy an answer
The tutor uses your child’s latest response to choose one concrete thinking move next.
Explain a reason
Give a reason in your own words, not only the final answer.
Find evidence
Use the question and known information to support an idea.
Notice an assumption
Spot what an idea depends on and what still needs checking.
Compare possibilities
Consider another possibility instead of following only the first answer.
Revise an idea
When something conflicts, reorganise the answer and try the next step.
Visible learning evidence
Compare how your child answers before and after
Look beyond a score to see how your child adds reasons and revises an idea.
“Because I think that is the answer.”
“I think this because… If… were different, the conclusion might change.”
Socratic Engine
Take one small step at a time
Children do not need technical terms. They only need to follow the next thinking move.
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Share a first idea
Let your child try first
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Answer one guided question
The AI Tutor asks one short question
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Check for a conflict
Look for evidence and another possibility
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Answer again in your own words
Organise the reason and correction
Primary 1-6
Questions change in depth by year level
The same thinking move uses different questions for different year levels.
Concrete observation
“What can you see?” “How do you know?”
Reasons and clues
“Which clue supports your idea?”
Assumptions and counterexamples
“Is there a counterexample? What did you assume?”
Learning evidence for parents
Three things parents need to know
Without watching every step, see what was completed, how an answer changed and what comes next.
What was practised today
Used information from the problem to support an idea
How the answer changed
Moved from an answer alone to an answer with a reason
What to practise next
Compare another possibility and revise the conclusion
Help your child move from waiting for an answer to trying the next step
Make reasons, evidence and checking part of solving each problem.
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