Tag: Inquiry

A Giant List Of Really Good Essential Questions

TeachThought StaffFeb 26, 2018

Essential questions are ‘essential’ in the sense of signaling genuine, important and necessarily-ongoing inquiries.

The Question Game: A Playful Way To Teach Critical…

TeachThought StaffFeb 18, 2018

What’s The Question Game? A playful way to help students learn to ask the right question at the right time–with a paper…

The Power Of I Don’t Know

Terrell HeickJan 22, 2018

The power of “I don’t know” returns the learning to the student and restores the scale of understanding to a universe of…

A Model For Teaching Critical Thinking

Like anything else in your classroom, promoting critical thinking skills is a matter of planning, priority, and practice.

Good Teachers Stick To The Lines, Great Teachers Inspire…

Drew PerkinsSep 28, 2017

Great teachers go beyond being ‘good’ by leveraging student curiosity to spark beautiful questions and profound thinking.

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…

6 Questions Students Can Use To Guide Their Inquiry-Based…

Sylvia Duckworth’s graphic illustrates questions students can use to guide inquiry-based learning ideas that act as a catalyst for curiosity.

10 Benefits Of Inquiry-Based Learning

TeachThought StaffJan 11, 2017

Among the benefits of inquiry-based learning, requiring the student to take an active role in the process may be the most significant.