When students ask their own questions, it sparks curiosity, independence, and self-confidence, cultivating students’ ownership over their own learning. This is a shift that just makes sense. So how does an instructional coach, like myself, create this shift and promote curious conversations in the classroom?
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The Right Question Institute invites you to join us for a Twitter chat (#QFTChat) on the evening of Thursday, May…
Normally Donour would have given students the goals of the lab and a step-by-step process to follow — like a…
I’ve been pondering the word “question” for the last couple months. How do you translate “Question Formulation Technique” into Japanese – a language with four words for “question?”
Primary sources can help students analyze closely, make connections, infer and — perhaps most importantly — ask questions.
One year after an eye-opening trip to Japan, the Right Question Institute’s Dan Rothstein reflects on that country’s growing interest in the Question Formulation Technique and how educators in Japan face similar challenges – and share similar commitment – to those in the United States.