5 Keys to Fostering Independent Learning
In too many K-12 classrooms, students are still being spoon-fed information. But this outdated approach to instruction doesn’t teach them…
Our 10 Best Articles of 2017
In this issue, we offer our favorite articles from this past year—the ones that most changed the way we think…
Building a Professional Library – Part II
I use the QFT in just about every class period I teach and have used it with students from elementary…
8 Strategies To Help Students Ask Great Questions
A good question can open minds, shift paradigms, and force the uncomfortable but transformational cognitive dissonance that can help create…
Partnering with Parents to Ask the Right Questions Book Review
Educators understand that not all parents feel comfortable in schools based on their past experience. Most parents want to encourage…
Inquiring Minds: Using the Question Formulation Technique to Activate Student Curiosity
The QFT may be easily integrated into a pre-existing or new history lessons to engage students in primary-source investigation and…