StudyQuest documentation

StudyQuest is a free study companion built around topics (math, science, history, language arts, and more). Each topic follows a short learning path so you can read, explore connections, practice, and review without having to hunt for materials.

New here? Open Subjects and pick a topic that matches what you are working on in class. Or visit Study plan to set a weekly goal and see suggested next steps.

• Home: overview, streaks, and shortcuts into study.
• Subjects: browse and open any topic.
• Tools: calculators, formula library, graphing, and other helpers.
• AI Tutor: ask questions in plain language (verify important facts with class materials).
• My Progress: your activity, mastery map, achievements, and topic completion.
• Mastery: a constellation of concepts that brightens as you recall them, not as you click.

Press ⌘K (Mac) or Ctrl+K (Windows/Linux), or use the search control in the header, to open the Command Palette. Type a few words to search across the library; results are grouped by type and ranked by how closely they match your query.

Each result row shows a type badge on the right. Common types:

• Topic: full study units (e.g., search Pythagorean → Pythagorean Theorem). Subtitle shows a plain-text preview of the topic subtitle.
• Concept: glossary terms and definitions (e.g., Pythagorean equation). Subtitle previews the definition; open to read formulas with proper math formatting on the Glossary page.
• Video: linked lesson clips tied to topics (e.g., Khan distance).
• Event: timeline entries for history topics (e.g., Constitutional Convention).
• Figure: historical people referenced across topics (e.g., Washington).

With an empty search box you see shortcuts (Home, Subjects, Study plan, Glossary, Progress, and more). Intent words help with ranking; for example, searching define hypotenuse boosts concept matches, while searching timeline civil war boosts event matches.

Where to start

If you have a specific unit in mind, go straight to that topic from Subjects. If you are not sure, use filters on the topics list or your study plan to narrow by subject and difficulty.

The learning path: Discover, Learn, Practice, Apply

Every topic is one scrolling path through four acts. The page keeps you oriented (you always know where you are and what is next) instead of asking you to pick from a menu.

1. Discover: a curiosity hook that opens with a question, not a summary, plus a short video to pull you in.
2. Learn: the story and study guide in one place, with quick recall checks woven into the reading so you retrieve ideas as you go (retrieval beats re-reading for memory).
3. Practice: quizzes, flashcards, matching, and games to lock in what you read. Practice updates your mastery map.
4. Apply: explain ideas back, then take an optional, scored Knowledge check. You estimate how you did before the score appears, which builds accurate self-knowledge and lowers test anxiety.

While you read, an ambient tutor may offer a hand if you linger on a passage or a couple of recall checks do not land. It is always optional and easy to dismiss.

Practice, tools, and a tutor

Quizzes and activities are the main ways to earn XP and advance mastery. The Tools section is separate from topics: use it when you need a formula reference, unit conversion, equation help, or similar utilities while doing homework.

The AI Tutor explains ideas in student-friendly language. It is meant to help you think through problems, not replace your teacher or textbook. Always double-check anything that will be graded.

Progress and mastery

My Progress shows recent work, topic completion, achievements, and streaks. Its Mastery tab is the one to watch: each concept is a node that brightens as you recall it correctly over time, so you can see exactly what you know and where the gaps are. It reflects retrieval, not how fast you click.

Guest mode: you can study without signing in; progress is stored in your browser. Signed in: progress syncs to your account so you can continue on another device after you log in (local progress migrates on first login).

StudyQuest adjusts to how you are doing so practice stays in the right zone — not so easy it is boring, not so hard it is discouraging. These features are most developed in the grades 6–8 math journeys (ratios, expressions & equations) and are expanding to more topics over time.

Entry diagnostic

A short, optional check at the start of a topic maps what you already know across its concepts, then highlights the Learn sections worth your attention first. If you already have part of a topic, you are not required to start from zero.

Difficulty that follows your accuracy

In supported math topics, questions are reordered based on your recent results: easier questions come first when you have been missing several (a confidence-building support mode), and harder questions come first when you are cruising (a challenge mode). The questions are the same; the order meets you where you are.

Mixed practice

On math topics, the full quiz defaults to Mixed practice, which shuffles problem types together so you practice choosing the right approach for each problem instead of repeating one (the interleaving habit that helps ideas stick).

Help the moment you miss

Miss a math question and, instead of just the answer, you get a targeted scaffold under the explanation:

• A worked visual — a ratio tape diagram, or an expression-vs-equation / one-step-equation diagram — matched to the concept you missed.
• A link to the right tool: the Equation Solver opens in step-by-step Guide mode; the Fraction Converter for fraction and percent work.
• A jump back to the matching section in the Learn act so you can re-read the idea in context.

Flashcards that space themselves

After you flip a card, rate it (Again / Hard / Good / Easy). Cards you find hard resurface sooner and easy ones stretch further out, so your review time concentrates on what you are about to forget rather than what you already know.

Return-visit warm-up

When you come back to a topic, a short warm-up resurfaces a few concepts that are due for review before you continue. Natural revisits become spaced practice without any extra planning on your part.

StudyQuest does not currently include a built-in assignment or gradebook system. Most teachers use it by sharing links to topics, recommending the order of a learning path, or pointing students to specific quizzes and activities within a unit.

Suggested classroom use

• Introduce a topic in class, then send students to the same topic journey URL.
• Use Discover or Learn for a short warm-up discussion before practice.
• Assign practice by naming the act (e.g., finish the topic quiz in Practice, then one flashcard deck).
• Point struggling students to the ambient tutor while they read or to the global AI Tutor page.

Viewing student progress

To see linked learners, set your role to Teacher in Settings, then generate an invite code there. Students enter the code in their Settings to link to you. After they link, open the Dashboard to see who has connected and recent activity (quizzes, flashcards, activities, and similar completions). For a printable summary, use Progress report when viewing a student.

You only see progress for students linked to your code. StudyQuest does not automatically enroll a whole class roster.

Parents can support learning at home the same way teachers do in class: pick topics that align with schoolwork, encourage short sessions on the learning path, and celebrate consistent practice rather than marathon cramming.

What your child sees

The student experience includes subjects, practice, a personal mastery map, optional gamification (XP, levels, achievements), and the AI Tutor. Content is educational; there are no social feeds or direct messaging between students on StudyQuest.

Monitoring progress

Set your role to Parent in Settings, create an invite code, and have your child redeem it in their Settings. Then use the Dashboard and progress report the same way teachers do. If your child studies as a guest without an account, you will not see their work remotely until they sign in and link their account.

Weekly report

From the Dashboard, open a linked child and use Print Report or Email Weekly Report for a printable “This week” summary (last 7 days): quiz count, average score, study-plan minutes, and recent quizzes. Integrity notes are automated conversation starters, not grades or accusations.

• Very fast, perfect scores: a quiz was completed at 100% per question, unusually quickly.
• Many quizzes in a short window: three or more quizzes finished within about ten minutes.
• Large score jump on a topic: below 50% on one try, then a perfect score within 24 hours.

Safety and privacy basics

• Accounts use email sign-in; keep login credentials private at home.
• The AI Tutor is a study aid; remind your child to verify answers with teachers or textbooks.
• Progress is private by default; nothing your child does is shown to other students.
• Report content concerns via Support → Feedback, by emailing hello@studyquest.academy, or via the contact form on Help.

StudyQuest is designed around how people actually remember things: you understand an idea, connect it to something real, practice retrieving it, and revisit it before you forget. That cycle shows up in the four-act journey and in varied practice formats (quizzes, flashcards, activities) rather than a single long passive read.

Think of the app as a study companion, not a shortcut around your class. It can help you organize reviews, spot weak areas in My Progress, and ask the tutor when you are stuck. It does not guarantee a particular test score or grade; outcomes still depend on your effort, sleep, class instruction, and how you apply what you practice.

Research-backed habits baked into the product include spacing practice over time (streaks and study plan),¹ active recall (quizzes and flashcards),² and mixing question types so you recognize ideas in different forms.³ None of that replaces showing your work on paper or following your teacher's expectations for assignments.

Signing up is optional for browsing and studying. An account lets progress sync, links you to a teacher or parent when they share a code, and unlocks dashboard features for guardians.

Clearing browser data while signed out removes guest progress. While signed in, clearing site data on one device may affect that device until you sign in again on a synced account.

Forgot your password? Use the reset link on the sign-in page. We email a secure link; open it on the same device and browser you requested it from to set a new password.

For bugs, content corrections, or product feedback, use Feedback , email hello@studyquest.academy, or the contact form on Help & FAQ.

StudyQuest stores learning progress on your device and, when you sign in, syncs journey and assignment data to your account. Parent share links carry a read-only snapshot (topic, acts, prompts), not email or passwords.

• Newer share links are digitally signed, so the app can confirm they have not been changed when you open them while signed in; older links without that signature show an "unverified" banner.
• Analytics runs only if you consent, and it records an anonymous random ID for your visit, never student names or the details of your schoolwork.
• On shared school or library computers, sign out and use Settings → Clear local learning data before leaving.

Share URLs may appear in browser history; do not post them publicly. Server-stored opaque share IDs are planned. Schools and districts should request a data processing agreement from their administrator.

1. ¹ Spaced practice.

   Cepeda, N. J., Pashler, H., Vul, E., Wixted, J. T., & Rohrer, D. (2006). Distributed practice in verbal recall tasks: A review and quantitative synthesis. Psychological Bulletin, 132(3), 354–380. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.132.3.354

   Ebbinghaus, H. (1885/1913). Memory: A contribution to experimental psychology. Teachers College, Columbia University.

2. ² Active recall (the testing effect).

   Roediger, H. L., III, & Karpicke, J. D. (2006). Test-enhanced learning: Taking memory tests improves long-term retention. Psychological Science, 17(3), 249–255. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01693.x

   Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M. J., & Willingham, D. T. (2013). Improving students' learning with effective learning techniques: Promising directions from cognitive and educational psychology. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 14(1), 4–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/1529100612453266

3. ³ Interleaved (mixed) practice.

   Rohrer, D., Dedrick, R. F., & Stershic, S. (2015). Interleaved practice improves mathematics learning. Journal of Educational Psychology, 107(3), 900–908. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000001

   Rohrer, D., Dedrick, R. F., & Burgess, K. (2014). The benefit of interleaved mathematics practice is not limited to superficially similar kinds of problems. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 21(5), 1323–1330. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-014-0588-3