How to Build Curiosity and Critical Thinking Within the Classroom
During my global education experience in Brazil, I experienced firsthand the sheer power of curiosity and wonder. My host teacher…
QFT in Chemistry – Break the Ice with Mystery Blocks
One way to align this lesson with a pedagogy style supported by NGSS is to have students observe the phenomenon…
Branching Questions: Using the Question Formulation Technique in a Youth Tree Stewardship Program
As a former classroom teacher with experience in the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), I decided to incorporate the QFT as a tool to focus students’ enthusiasm and work in a way that would guide our thinking and vision, projects, and work.
Response Important ‘Moves for Teacher Success’
One practice I wish was used more, and truly thought about more deeply, is questioning. Certainly we ask questions in…
Integrating the Question Formulation Technique in PBL through the Launch
In PBL, high quality projects begin with a launch-- an engaging entry experience to the project that “hooks” student engagement. This first phase of the project provides a wonderful opportunity for the Question Formulation Technique (QFT).
Response: Instructional Strategies Teachers Might Be Missing
Here are two quick examples of how educators are driving adoption of the QFT in science and social studies as…