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Below is a list of common question starters that may help you design your own research question or convert a working title into a question format.
Prior to the introduction on the new Extended Essay criteria in 2016,
it was possible to state your research question in the form of a proposition, hypothesis or statement that invites an exploration. This would mean that your research question would be written up as a title.
This is no longer the case when it comes to Extended Essays. The new rules are quite clear on this matter and as such all Extended Essays must contain a research question written up as a question as opposed to a title.
However, this does not mean that when it comes to designing your research question you cannot begin with a title or hypothesis, provided that the fnished version is in the form of a question.
Below is an example of how a working title in an English (Language A) Extended Essay could be converted into a question: