EE Question Too Broad? Fix It

Your Extended Essay usually does not become stressful because you are "bad at research"—it becomes stressful because the question is trying to do far too much at once. This student-friendly IB DP guide helps you shrink a vague, oversized idea into something you can actually research, argue, and evaluate with confidence.

You will learn how to:

• spot when a topic is too wide in time, place, population, text, variables, or method
• use practical narrowing moves for different subject types
• test whether your idea has enough available evidence before you commit
• avoid common traps like impressive-sounding topics that are impossible to manage

Expect calm, useful advice, safe before/after topic-shaping examples, and a supervisor-ready sense check—but no copy-paste final research questions and no finished EE plan.