This post from Grant Wiggins explores how Essential Questions are used in classrooms, and provides strategies to help teachers use them so that they become part of student work. Wiggins states "the aim is to use the question to frame specific activities, to provide perspective and focus, to prioritize the course, and to signal to students that, eventually, THEY must – on their own – pose this and other key questions."
A number of examples are provided as is a more detailed description of an essential question. This description states that an essential question has seven parts. The shorthand version is below.
1. Open ended
2. Thought provoking and intellectually challengine
3. Higher order thinking
4. Important, transferable ideas
5. Raises additional questions
6. Requires support and justification
7. Recurs over time
If you are using essential questions, or plan to in the future this post is a great resource!
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This post from Grant Wiggins explores how Essential Questions are used in classrooms, and provides strategies to help teachers use them so that they become part of student work. Wiggins states "the aim is to use the question to frame specific activities, to provide perspective and focus, to prioritize the course, and to signal to students that, eventually, THEY must – on their own – pose this and other key questions."
A number of examples are provided as is a more detailed description of an essential question. This description states that an essential question has seven parts. The shorthand version is below.
1. Open ended
2. Thought provoking and intellectually challengine
3. Higher order thinking
4. Important, transferable ideas
5. Raises additional questions
6. Requires support and justification
7. Recurs over time
If you are using essential questions, or plan to in the future this post is a great resource!