How English teachers use the Question Formulation Technique to support students as they pursue deeper understanding of texts and develop their critical thinking.
English/Literacy/Reading
Wendy DeGroat, librarian at Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies in Richmond, Virginia, discusses how nurturing…
I felt that if students improved their questioning skills that there may be positive results abound. Maybe when they read, they will ask prediction questions, or question a character’s motives. If they didn’t understand an assignment, they would have the confidence to ask for clarification.
The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) is a step-by-step process that creates a space and a structure for students to generate…
It all began with a question. For writer and journalist Rebecca Skloot, it was a question she asked as a…
Seventh-graders question social dynamics in literature and their own lives.