Igniting Questioning in the Classroom
I am quite grateful that I am a Spanish teacher — technically a required elective class— so I feel I…
To Adapt, or Not to Adapt?: How Fidelity-Of-Implementation of the QFT Can Impact Student Outcomes
In the fall of 2015, my colleagues at Boston University and I set out to find out how the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) impacts high school student outcomes, in particular curiosity, divergent thinking (creativity), school engagement, and self-efficacy.
Teaching With Controversy: Using Questions to Promote Dialogue
Our charge was to coordinate with 38 regional mentors throughout Illinois to provide free professional development to facilitate implementation of…
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
I introduced the QFT (Question Formulation Technique) in Science today using a strategy that I’d never tried before. I used…
Student Ownership
When I walked into Joe Polanski’s AP Human Geography class, students were working in groups of 4 on their Chromebooks…
Sparking Inquiry is the First Step: Here’s How DC Public School Teachers Sustain it
Mr. Ramsey sparked inquiry by allowing students to experience freedom first in his classroom simulation. There are numerous ways inquiry can be…