Why Questions Are More Important Than Answers
Why are questions more important than answers? Because answers stop learning while questions start it, contextualizing what we don’t know.
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What Is Four-Dimensional Questioning?
What is Four-Dimensional questioning? The way you ask a question yields different results and can lead you in different directions.
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Are You Pushing Or Pulling Students In Your Classroom?
No longer does the teacher need to be only responsible for ‘covering’ content, a practice that often feels like climbing the down escalator.
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Students Should Be Able To Answer 50 Questions Before Graduation
When should I lead and when should I follow? When should I talk and when should I listen–and what is the role of each in understanding?
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10 Reasons To Use Inquiry-Based Learning In Your Classroom
Much like project-based learning, there are many reasons to use inquiry-based learning in your classroom–starting with creativity and personalization.
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What Is The Purpose Of A Question?
The source, frequency, and quality of questions from students are among the best data points to evaluate thinking in your classrooms.
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A Giant List Of Really Good Essential Questions
Essential questions are ‘essential’ in the sense of signaling genuine, important and necessarily-ongoing inquiries.
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The Question Game: A Playful Way To Teach Critical Thinking
What’s The Question Game? A playful way to help students learn to ask the right question at the right time–with a paper cube.
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The Power Of I Don’t Know
The power of “I don’t know” returns the learning to the student and restores the scale of understanding to a universe of knowledge.
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Good Teachers Stick To The Lines, Great Teachers Inspire New Lines
Great teachers go beyond being ‘good’ by leveraging student curiosity to spark beautiful questions and profound thinking.
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How To Design A Wikipedia Writing & Research Assignment
The idea of actually using Wikipedia to explicitly teach research for an entire unit is less common than its use for researching credibility.
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6 Questions Students Can Use To Guide Their Inquiry-Based Learning
Sylvia Duckworth’s graphic illustrates questions students can use to guide inquiry-based learning ideas that act as a catalyst for curiosity.
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10 Benefits Of Inquiry-Based Learning
Among the benefits of inquiry-based learning, requiring the student to take an active role in the process may be the most significant.
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4 Questioning Strategies For Effective & Thoughtful Teaching
Questions can be a powerful weapon in a teacher’s arsenal, if applied with diligence. Check out these 4 questioning strategies for yourself.
