Foster equity, curiosity, and innovation on campus

The Right Question Institute (RQI), with support from the National Science Foundation, has developed a powerful, simple strategy that faculty, researchers, innovators, and all learners can use to ask better questions to support learning and research on your campus.

Foster Inclusive Campuses, Collaborative Learning, and Better Research with the Skill of Question Formulation

Foster Inclusive Campuses, Collaborative Learning, and Better Research with the Skill of Question Formulation
Learn more about how the QFT can support research and instruction on your campus.

The Question Formulation Technique for Research

The Question Formulation Technique for Research
An overview of the elements of the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) for Research. The QFT for Research was adapted and developed with funding from the National Science Foundation so researchers may use a discrete strategy to ask better, more transformative research questions.

“Is the grading process needed?” Community College Students Question the Role of Grades

“Is the grading process needed?” Community College Students Question the Role of Grades
Professor Sun Ezzell integrates the QFT into her writing fundamentals course for two different purposes.

Doctoral Students Learn How to Drive Societally Impactful Research Through Collaborative Question Formulation

Doctoral Students Learn How to Drive Societally Impactful Research Through Collaborative Question Formulation
Through formulating questions and working collaboratively, doctoral students think more on the impact of their research.

Mercy College Students’ Curiosity Aflame: The QFT in General Chemistry

Mercy College Students’ Curiosity Aflame: The QFT in General Chemistry
Learn how Professor Madhavan Narayanan used the QFT in his general chemistry course.

EAGER: The Question Improvement Model: A Simple and Scalable Model for Improving the Question Formulation Skills of Ph.D. Students

EAGER: The Question Improvement Model: A Simple and Scalable Model for Improving the Question Formulation Skills of Ph.D. Students
This project is designed to achieve a simple, yet ambitious goal; to create a model that all doctoral students can use to improve their ability to ask questions.

2021 Conference on Question Formulation Technique in Higher Education

2021 Conference on Question Formulation Technique in Higher Education
This award will provide support for a one-day conference to be held at Northeastern University.

Implementation of the Question Formulation Technique as a Teaching Strategy in Renewable Energy Engineering Education

Implementation of the Question Formulation Technique as a Teaching Strategy in Renewable Energy Engineering Education
The Question Formulation Technique (QFT), a powerful yet simple teaching strategy recently featured in an ASEE online webinar, teaches students…

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Explore how the QFT can strengthen research & projects

Faculty from a range of institutions of higher education have partnered with the Right Question Institute as we provide expertise on how question formulation and the QFT might support and strengthen grant proposals, projects, and research.

The QFT helped refine questions I did not think could be serious into strong questions that could lead to better advance my research.

We’re three weeks into the semester, and students are becoming animated and engaged. And they appear to be developing into a community of thinkers. Thank you so much for teaching an effective technique that is so easy to incorporate.

Just the act of brainstorming questions led to more questions. It really helped me understand not only what I didn’t know about the subject, but also what I wanted to know.

There is more than one way to ask a question and revising questions can be a very productive, and effective, strategy to innovate…the QFT helped me take time to really think through what it is I want to do with my projects, as well as consider potential, new directions.

I thought of new questions I didn’t realize I was curious about once I started brainstorming all the options.

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