What Is Four-Dimensional Questioning?
What is Four-DImensional thinking? The way you ask a question yields different results and can lead you in different directions.
Tag: Inquiry
The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 137 Using Movement Theater And Inquiry To Increase Authentic Learning
The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 137 Using Movement Theater And Inquiry To Increase Authentic Learning Drew Perkins talks with Paul Rajeckas, Co-Artistic Director of Theater Moves, about his work with physical movement theater ...
Are You Pushing Or Pulling Students In Your Classroom?
Are You Pushing Or Pulling Students In Your Classroom? by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD At the risk of characterizing teaching and learning in a factory context let's face ...
An Updated Guide To Questioning In The Classroom
An Updated Guide to Questioning in the Classroom by TeachThought Staff Something we've become known for is our focus on thought, inquiry, and understanding, and questions are a big part ...
50 Questions Every Student Should Be Able To Answer Before They Graduate High School
50 Questions Every Student Should Be Able To Answer Before They Graduate High School by Terry Heick For professional development on ideas like this--or PBL, inquiry, assessment, literacy, and pretty ...
15 Questions To Ask When Introducing New Content To Students
15 Questions To Ask When Introducing New Content To Students by Terry Heick It just might be that in a society where information is abundant, thinking habits are more important ...
10 Reasons To Use Inquiry-Based Learning In Your Classroom
10 Reasons To Use Inquiry-Based Learning In Your Classroom by TeachThought Staff We've talked about how and when to use inquiry-based learning--and apps for inquiry-based learning, too. What we haven't ...
What Is The Purpose Of A Question?
What Is The Purpose Of A Question? by Terry Heick What's the difference between a good question and a bad question? It depends, of course, on who you're asking. But ...
A Giant List Of Really Good Essential Questions
Many, Many Examples Of Essential Questions by Terry Heick Essential questions are, ask Grant Wiggins defines, ‘essential' in the sense of signaling genuine, important and necessarily-ongoing inquiries." These are grapple-worthy, ...
The Power Of I Don’t Know
The Power Of I Don't Know by Terry Heick At TeachThought, nothing interests us more than students—as human beings. What they know, might know, should know, and do with what ...
6 Strategies For Creating An Inquiry-Driven Classroom
Curiosity is a powerful catalyst for learning.
8 Strategies To Help Students Ask Great Questions
A good question can open minds, shift paradigms, and force the uncomfortable but transformational cognitive dissonance that can help create thinkers.
Always-On Inquiry: Why You Should Be Asking More Questions In Your Classroom
Always-On Inquiry: Why You Should Be Asking More Questions In Your Classroom by Irena Nayfeld, TeachThought PD Inquiry Workshop Facilitator Those of us who spend our days around young children ...
Planning For Critical Thinking: A 5-Step Model
Planning For Critical Thinking: A 5-Step Model by TeachThought Staff Like anything else that you'd like to see happen in your classroom, promoting critical thinking skills is a matter of ...
Good Teachers Stick To The Lines, Great Teachers Inspire New Lines
Good Teachers Stick To The Lines, Great Teachers Inspire New Lines by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD On September 3rd, 2017 I was saddened by the news of the ...
TeachThought Podcast Ep. 87 Helping Questions Flourish With Recap
The TeachThought Podcast Drew Perkins, talks with Emily Merritt and Brian Lamb of Recap about the inquiry process and how they’ve iterated and used Design Thinking to develop their and their app/platform. Links & Resources Mentioned ...
How To Design A Wikipedia Writing & Research Assignment
How To Design A Wikipedia Writing & Research Assignment by TeachThought Staff That you probably use Wikipedia but tell your students not to is why we're here. Wikipedia has long ...
Facilitating For Inquiry In PBL With #GrowChat
Facilitating For Inquiry In PBL With #GrowChat by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD As our summer professional learning event, TeachThought PBL #Grow17, draws closer we're excited about the different ...
