# [Project Title] — Student Lineage Document

> Template from *The Practitioner* (Phil Rust, 2026) — Appendix B: Transparent AI Use in Education
> mantleinstitute.com/practitioner/templates

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## 1. Original Idea

*Write your raw idea here, in your own words, before any AI is involved. A paragraph or two
is enough. What is the idea? Why does it matter? What question is it trying to answer or
what problem is it trying to solve?*

[Your original idea — written without AI assistance]

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## 2. Research Phase

### Prompt Used

*Paste the exact prompt you submitted to the AI for comparative research.*

```
[Your research prompt]
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### AI Response

*Paste the AI's response verbatim — do not summarise or edit it here.*

[AI response — verbatim]

### References Reviewed

*List each source you actually read (not just the AI's suggestions). For each, write a brief
personal annotation in your own words: what the source contributed to your thinking and how
it changed or refined your original idea.*

**Source 1: [Author, Title, Date]**
[Your annotation — what you read, what it changed]

**Source 2: [Author, Title, Date]**
[Your annotation — what you read, what it changed]

**Source 3: [Author, Title, Date]**
[Your annotation — what you read, what it changed]

*Add further sources as needed.*

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## 3. Refined Idea

*After the research, rewrite your original idea. It should now be more specific, better
evidenced, and harder to vary. Explain what changed and why.*

### Revised Idea

[Your refined idea — more specific and better evidenced than the original]

### What Changed and Why

[A short explanation of what the research added, removed, or redirected in your original
thinking. If the idea has not changed at all, explain whether the research was done
seriously or whether the idea was already very well-formed.]

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## 4. Journey Narrative

*Write a first-person account of the thinking process — from original idea to refined version.
Include the moments of doubt, revision, and discovery. This is not a summary. It is a record
of thinking in progress.*

[Your narrative — first-person, honest, specific to your experience of this project]

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## 5. Process Meta-Debate

*Submit this completed document to your AI assistant and ask it to evaluate the quality of
the process itself — not the idea, not the output, the process. Use this prompt:*

> "Here is the full record of my research and refinement process for this project. I want
> you to evaluate the quality of the process itself. Where were my prompts weak? Where did
> I accept AI output I should have challenged? Where was my reference review thin? Where
> did I draw conclusions too quickly? Be direct."

*Record the AI's response below. Then add your own reaction to each point — where you agree,
disagree, and why.*

### AI Evaluation

[AI response — verbatim]

### My Response to the Evaluation

[Your reaction — where you agree, where you disagree, and why. Be honest.]

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*Document version: [date]*
*Submitted to: [tutor/lecturer name]*