Features
Questions as you read, with explanations tied to the source.
In the paper reader, short comprehension questions check that you understood each part before you move on. Explanations link to the original paragraph, so you can always see what they are based on.
What it looks like
What you get
- Questions sit next to the section they're about.
- Every explanation links back to the paragraph it explains.
- Campuses can set a student policy with guided explanations and questions, to match a course's learning goals.
- The same sources throughout, from the first question to the defense.
How it works
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Step 1: Read in Learn mode
Comprehension questions appear for each section of the paper.
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Step 2: Answer for yourself
Questions check understanding; no summary replaces your reading.
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Step 3: Campus can lock it
A campus can keep students in Learn mode.
More features in this group
- Rehearse your thesis defense before the real one. The defense simulation reads your own draft and sources, then questions you the way an examiner would: why this group, which source backs this claim, what about the study that was retracted. Every question shows which paragraph of your draft to strengthen.
- A tutor that asks the question instead of handing you the answer. Ask the Socratic tutor about a paper or about your own claim. It replies with a question and a hint that points to the right part of the source, so the reasoning is easy to check and easy to remember.
- Turn a broad topic into a research question you can actually answer. Start from “something about digital literacy”. The research question tool asks you one thing at a time: what you want to find out, about which group, and what you could measure within a semester. Related papers appear at every step.
- Judge a study's method the way a reviewer would. The critical appraisal checklist walks you through a paper's methodology: the sample, how groups were assigned, the comparison group, the measures and possible bias. Each item asks you a question and points to where the paper answers it.
- Quiz yourself on the papers you actually read. PaperQED builds quizzes and flashcards from the papers in your library: the research question, the sample, the key result, the limitations. Every answer links to the passage it comes from.
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