Find us at NCTE 2024! We will have the sessions below:
Thursday, Nov 21
“Inquiring Minds Want to Know: Teaching Students to Ask Primary Source Questions in the ELA Classroom”
Date: Thursday, November 21, 2024
Time: 3:15pm-3:45pm
Location: Room 104 B
Speakers: Lauren Carlton (Foxborough Public Schools), Sarah Westbrook (RQI)
Description: How do we make primary sources relevant and engaging for all students? Discover a simple, inquiry-based approach for bringing historical literary sources to life. When students use their own authentic questions to drive analysis, close reading, and discussion, required texts become visceral and personal. Actively participate, “learn by doing,” and walk away with lesson plans.
Resources:
- “Inquiring Minds” PowerPoint (access via google drive)
- RQI-NCTE-Inquiring-Minds-Slides-V1 (online access)
Friday, Nov 22
“Curiosity Killed the Cat: The Power of Not Knowing in the Humanities Classroom”
Date: Friday, November 22, 2024
Time: 11am-12:15pm
Location: Room 205 B
Speakers: Lauren Carlton (Foxborough Public Schools), Dana Huff (Worcester Academy), Jose Reyes (Marlborough Public Schools), Ling-Se Pete (Boston Public Schools), Sarah Westbrook (RQI)
Description: How can we harness the curiosity that students bring to our classrooms to make learning personal and engaging for every student? Good thinkers, readers, and writers ask questions. How do we make that visible for students who have learned to not to question and may fear not knowing? “Learn by doing” and leave with a powerful strategy for teaching students to ask their own questions.
Resources:
- “Curiosity Killed the Cat” PowerPoint (access via google drive)
- Curiosity Killed the Cat – Right Question Institute at NCTE 2024 – SLIDES (online access)
“Cultivating Curiosity: Questioning and Literacy Strategies for Young Children”
Date: Friday, November 22, 2024
Time: 2pm-2:30pm
Location: Room 158
Speakers: Cora Causey (Ph.D., Assistant Professor, ECE, University of Alabama at Birmingham), Amelia Spencer (Ph.D., Birmingham-Southern College Faculty Emerita, Program Evaluation Analyst, Glenwood, Inc.)
Description: Discover how student-generated questions can enhance literacy learning, participation, and critical thinking. This study used the Question Formulation Technique in an early childhood summer program for under-resourced students. Results showed improved literacy skills as assessed by the OLAI-2, with significant increases in questioning and oral language. Leave with new classroom strategies.
“Sharing the Power of Questions: A new model for fostering independent thinking and democratic habits of mind”
Date: Friday, November 22, 2024
Time: 2:45pm-3:15pm
Location: Room 155
Speakers: Dan Rothstein (RQI), Luz Santana (RQI)
Description: How can the practice of questioning foster nimble and democratic minds? Teachers around the country have used the Question Formulation Technique to power student-led discussions, close reading, literacy learning, community action projects, and more. Experience the strategy and leave with a simple, actionable plan for fostering skills and habits of mind that are essential for a healthy democracy.
Author Signing
Date: Friday, November 22, 2024
Time: 2:45pm-3:15pm
Location: Booth #227
Speakers: Dan Rothstein (RQI), Luz Santana (RQI)
Meet the co-founders of RQI and the authors of “Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions” and “Partnering with Parents to Ask the Right Questions: A Powerful Strategy for Strengthening School-Family Partnerships” Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana!