I’ve been experimenting with Question Formulation Technique (QFT) in my math classes this year. I used QFT for the fourth…
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This video shows how the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) may be used to formatively assess students’ understanding of a concept…
Lucy Canotas, a 4th grade teacher in Manchester, NH, used the QFT to learn more about what her students knew or did not know about fractions. This video shows Lucy using a visual Question Focus to stimulate students’ questions. She leads her class through each step of the Question Formulation Technique, all the way through their reflections at the end on what they learned and liked about the process.