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"Questions can be extraordinary learning tools. A good question can open minds, shift paradigms, and force the uncomfortable but transformational cognitive dissonance that can help create thinkers. In education, we tend to value a student’s ability to answer our questions. But what might be more important is their ability to ask their own great questions–and more critically, their willingness to do so."
Beth Dichter's insight:
How do you teach your learners to ask good questions? This post shares many resources to help you learn new skills that will assist you in teaching others. The post begins with a visual, the Teach Thought Learning Taxonomy, which is a template for critical thinking that looks at cognition across six categories. This is described in depth. Additional tools shared include: * Socratic Discussion which includes a video from Tch (the Teaching Channel) * Paideia Seminar - "an integrated literacy event built around formal whole class dialogue. The purpose for doing Paideia Seminar is to support students’ ability to think conceptually and communicate collaboratively." There is also a video. * The Question Game (which was shared previously on this Scoop.it) * Bloom's Taxonomy * Question Formation Technique - See the visual at the top, or check out their website at The Right Question Institute. If this is of interest to you they are presenting a workshop in Boston in July. Information on this is available at their website. * Universal Question Stems and Basic Question Stem Examples This is actually part 2 of a two part post. The first post is A Guide to Questioning in the Classroom. 
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Are our schools doing a good job of preparing students for a world where questioning is a survival skill?
Beth Dichter's insight:
The complete title of this post is Why It's Imperative to Teach Students to Question as the Ultimate Survival Skill? Do you believe this is important? If so, how do you go about teaching your students to ask good questions? This post begins by looking at the importance of questioning, and notes that many leaders in the high-tech world began with a Montessori education, a system that encourages curiousity from a young age. The ability to ask insightful questions is something that may be more critical as we move forward. The question is how to we do this. The post notes that many teachers do not feel like they have time for students to ask questions. If this is true what should we do? It suggests that we make it both "safe" and "cool" to ask questions, and also suggests looking at resources available from The Right Question Institute and from Question Day 2014.
Nancy Jones's curator insight,
March 18, 2014 2:52 PM
Risk taking and questioning have always been learning skillls. It just seems that students, and possibly their parents, aren't willing to acknowledge them as the best way to learn. The whole idea of thinking critically and making a "best guess' seem to be unacceptable to some folks. What does that say about the whole quality/gift of wonder? |
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"Julie Grimm, a teacher at Salem Avenue Elementary School in Hagerstown, Maryland, was concerned that many of her 2nd grade students failed to become engaged in their research projects. She found herself spending lots of time trying to provide the right research framework... Then Julie made one simple shift that disrupted her typical classroom practice and led to a more dynamic learning environment."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Learn about the power of question formulation in this post. The information comes from the Right Question Institute, and provides a great overview of how to teach your students to ask good questions. The post is split into the following sections: * The Power of Question Formulation * Question Formulation in Practice (which includes) - Step 1: The teacher designs a question focus - Step 2: Students produce questions - Step 3: Students work with open-ended and close-ended questions - Step 4: Students prioritize questions - Step 5: Teacher and students discuss next steps for using the questions - Step 6: Students reflect * A Catalyst for Deeper Learning * A Small but Significant Shift There are also some examples of the question formulation technique from classroom teachers.
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Great starting point.
SOME TIMES KNOWING THE RIGHT QUESTION TO ASK WILL GET THE RIGHT ANSWER FOR THE PROBLEM YOU ARE TRYING TO SOLVE!! IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO ASK YOU MAY NOT GET THE RIGHT ANSWER FOR YEARS BUT THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED!?!