What is inside
A short, printable guide covering the method in practical terms: how to open a session, how to choose the next question, and how to tell whether it worked.
It is written for teachers, students and self-directed learners using AI tools and assumes no prior reading.
Who will get the most from it
Anyone who has seen a learner who accepts a confident response without a single verification step and wanted a concrete way to respond to it.
It is deliberately short enough to read in one sitting and to keep beside you with a chat window open and a deadline in two hours.
How to use it
Do not read it cover to cover and file it. Take the opening question — What answer are you hoping for, and why do you want it to be true? — and use it once, today, on something real.
Then use the follow-up. Two questions used are worth more than a guide finished.
After the guide
When you want to go further, move on to the prompt patterns in resources, then the advanced guide on scaffolded questioning. If you would rather see the method run against your own material, a demo is the shortest route.