Design Thinking or PBL: A Chicken/ Egg Scenario
The Right Question Institute showed a different way of leveraging inquiry. If the teacher could get students to ask more…
Audience As Learning – Speed Networking
Our goal was to help students gain confidence in asking great questions that would not only spur conversation, but also…
How Questioning Can Drive Arguments, Productive Debate & Information Literacy Among Students
The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) is a step-by-step process that creates a space and a structure for students to generate…
The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) in Social Studies
Learn more about how the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) is being used in social studies classrooms.
The Question Formulation Technique for Deepening Thought
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.
Seminar on Best Practices in the QFT in partnership with Teaching Residents at Teachers College, Columbia University
A fast-evolving economy and turbulent civic environment mean it’s not enough for students to learn. They must be taught how…