The Right Question Institute’s Andrew P. Minigan sat down with radio host Lynn Borton at WERA in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss questioning, curiosity, and initial findings from a study about improving high-level research questions.
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“I’ve been geeking out pretty hardcore on questioning," one teacher wrote on Twitter. The social media platform is a hotbed of activity for sharing strategies around student inquiry and the Question Formulation Technique.
The School-Family Partnership Strategy has helped build parents’ confidence and turn formerly antagonistic relationships into productive ones.
The QFT has “so many different potential uses and applications” that it has developed a following in state education circles.
In Nutley, New Jersey, educators see the QFT as a way to support new curriculum standards and the Danielson Framework for Teaching. They also highlight connections to social and emotional learning, respect for neurodiversity, and the development of good citizens.
Pike County’s Shelia Varney conducted a micro-study and found her students benefited in multiple ways from learning how to ask questions.