Posing Purposeful Questions
Day 2: THE STUDENTS
How Can We Teach Kids to Question?
All students should and can learn to formulate their own questions.
All educators can easily teach the skill as part of their regular practice.
A More Beautiful Question
A Pilgrim in Narnia
Educational Leadership
Question Formulation Technique
How students become more sophisticated questioners, thinkers, and problem-solvers.
6 Steps to QFT
- Design a question focus.
- Produce questions.
- Work with closed-ended and open-ended questions.
- Prioritize questions.
- Plan next steps.
- Reflect.
4 Rules for Students
- Ask as many questions as you can.
- Do not stop to judge, discuss, edit, or answer any question.
- Write down every question exactly as it was asked.
- Change any statements into questions.
QFocus: is a surprise and will be revealed on Friday
Reflect:
What did you learn?
How did you learn that?