How educators are using the Question Formulation Technique in STEM lessons around the country and world. By Chris Orchard Students…
Lower Elementary (K – 2)
What I like about the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) process is that it provides an opportunity for my first graders to ask their questions without feeling insecure or judged on their prior knowledge.
“Being able to ask and use questions is essential for developing into a curious lifelong learner and for thinking democratically,”…
We presented students with a statement about the setting, challenging them to have their questions focus on the role of the setting at the beginning stages of a historical fiction reading unit we were doing. We were not only building background knowledge around specific historical time periods, but also teaching students to approach this genre with more of an awareness and concern about the time and place.
In their Framework for 21st Century Learning, P21 recognizes the importance of teachers developing their students’ learning and innovation skills. These skills,…
Teachers started to employ this process in all curricular areas. The QFT was used in traditional areas of science and…