How can students effectively develop their own learning pathway through questioning? Read about PYP students who wanted more ownership of…
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Here, the students generated the questions and took ownership of the lesson flow as I would show how the students’ questions were related to the aim of that particular lesson. The same content was taught, but the order in which it was presented was slightly different to address the students’ questions as the lesson aim.
In too many K-12 classrooms, students are still being spoon-fed information. But this outdated approach to instruction doesn’t teach them…
Like any lesson ever, the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) doesn’t always go as perfectly as planned, but there’s always something you can learn from your facilitation of the QFT and students always benefit from having space and time to ask questions.
I use the QFT in just about every class period I teach and have used it with students from elementary…
I felt that if students improved their questioning skills that there may be positive results abound. Maybe when they read, they will ask prediction questions, or question a character’s motives. If they didn’t understand an assignment, they would have the confidence to ask for clarification.