Before starting
01Course Recap
Targeted reminders of the definitions, formulas and methods needed for the exercise.
AI that teaches, not shortcuts.
Understand more.
Trust more.
Learn better.
LearnQuest helps students think through their work, helps teachers trust the process, and gives parents a safer alternative to generic AI chat.
Learning
Understand more
Students practice, explain, correct, and remember.
Integrity
Trust more
Teachers see process, not just polished answers.
Safety
Ask freely
Parents get a focused learning space instead of generic chat.
Learning path active
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What would you like to learn today?
Ask anything or upload your question
→How LearnQuest helps you learn
1
You ask a question
Upload or type anything you’re stuck on.
2
LearnQuest guides you
Breaks it down step-by-step, with examples.
3
You understand
Practice, quiz, and remember for the long term.
Why LearnQuest is different
LearnQuest
LearnQuest
ChatGPT
Google
Chegg / Others
Teaches step-by-step
Yes
Sometimes
No
No
Built for learning, not just answers
Yes
General purpose
Search results
Answers only
Student attempt comes first
Yes
Limited
No
No
Mistakes become revision
Yes
Not guaranteed
No
No
Classroom trust tools
Yes
Not built in
No
No
How it works
1
Ask or upload
A course, an exercise, a draft, or a question.
2
Try first
The student starts with their own reasoning.
3
Get guided help
Hints, questions, and explanations without shortcutting.
4
Remember longer
Mistakes become revision material for later.
Product
One exercise. Several ways to learn.
LearnQuest is not just a chat box. It gives students a structure before, during and after the exercise.
Product promise
Help is staged around the student’s thinking, not the final answer.
Build up
02Intermediate Exercises
Simpler practice problems based on the same concept before attempting the real one.
During work
03Guided Solving
Feedback on the student’s attempt without immediately revealing the final answer.
Ask why
04Concept Assistant
A separate space for understanding concepts without outsourcing the current exercise.
Grounded
05Course‑Only Mode
Answers can stay aligned with uploaded course material and notation.
Afterwards
06Mistake Sheet
Wrong attempts become a personalised revision path for later study.
Clear value for students, teachers and parents
For Students
Understand deeply
Get AI help without skipping the thinking. LearnQuest guides you when you don’t know where to start, then helps you review what went wrong.
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Guided path when you feel stuck
Practice before the final answer
Mistakes saved for exam prep
Better habits for long‑term memory
For Teachers
Trust the process
Create AI‑supported assignments without losing student accountability. LearnQuest makes the reasoning visible, not just the final answer.
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See student attempts and reasoning
Reduce copy‑paste submissions
Spot difficult concepts faster
Adapt teaching to an AI‑linked world
For Parents
A safer AI space
A focused tutor instead of a generic chatbot: students can ask questions freely while staying inside a learning‑first environment.
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Built for learning, not shortcuts
Safer than open‑ended generic chat
Encourages independence
Lets students take time to understand
Scientific context
The concern is not AI. It is passive AI.
LearnQuest is built around a simple educational concern: when AI gives the final answer too early, students may complete the task without practicing the reasoning, recall, and correction that make learning last.
Researchers are asking the same question
How do we use AI without outsourcing thought?
These references support the core LearnQuest principle: AI can be powerful for education, but only if it keeps students actively engaged.
Saul Perlmutter
Nobel Prize-winning physicist, UC Berkeley professor
AI can make students feel like they understand before they have done the intellectual work themselves.
Perlmutter warns that AI can create a false sense of confidence and that students may rely on it too soon, before they know how to do the work independently.
Read the AOL articleMichael Gerlich
Researcher on AI tools and cognitive offloading
Heavy AI-tool use can be associated with more cognitive offloading and weaker critical-thinking engagement.
Gerlich’s 2025 study examines how reliance on AI tools may mediate the relationship between AI use and critical-thinking skills.
Read the MDPI studyFavero, Pérez-Ortiz, Käser & Oliver
Researchers on AI tutors and learner agency
AI tutors should empower learners, not become cognitive shortcuts.
Their 2025 position paper argues for intentional AI use in education, warning that unchecked reliance can affect agency, critical thinking, and meaningful learning.
Read the arXiv paperCHI 2025 Tools for Thought Workshop
Human-computer interaction and cognition researchers
Generative AI should protect and augment human thought.
This synthesis frames a central design challenge: building AI tools that support cognition without replacing the human thinking process.
Read the arXiv synthesisFounder
Built by a student who faced the same challenges.
LearnQuest was founded by Ella Lukasiewicz, a Computer Science and Neuroscience student at McGill University. Like many students, she spent years trying to figure out not just what to learn, but how to learn effectively. After tutoring students and building educational tools, she created LearnQuest around one belief: AI should help students think better, not skip the thinking process.