Question Quest

Test your research question

You've got a topic you care about. Now let's sharpen it into a question worth investigating — one you settle with evidence, not a quick search! Paste your draft below and watch it improve across six markers as you revise.

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Each project keeps its own question, history, and reflections — so multiple courses and summer work stay separate. They follow you across your research tools, and stay saved in this browser on this device.

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1 · Connect the Clues ▾

Build a rough first question from the pieces below, then send it to the tester — a rough draft is exactly what this tool is for.

1 · Opener

2 · A factor you're curious about

3 · Relationship

4 · …and what it might affect

5 · Narrow it (optional)

Fill in 2 and 4, and your draft question appears here…

2 · Your Question

Your draft research question

Write it as a full question, ending in a “?”. Vague is fine for now — that's what we're here to fix. New to this? Tap Try a sample to watch a rough question get diagnosed.

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3 · The Verdict

4 · Case History

✓strong !caution ✕weak order: 1 arguable · 2 feasible · 3 scope · 4 phrasing · 5 concepts · 6 focus

Examples: weak → strong (optional) ▾

5 · Next Move

Small, specific changes beat starting over — every run is saved in Case History (Section 4).

Pick the single fix that would help most.
Rewrite your question.
Run it again.

6 · Reflect & Report

Save your progress log to hand in.

Write your reflection.
Click Copy progress log (it gathers your current question, your versions, and your reflection).
Save or submit it as your teacher directs.

Reflection log

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