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"Over a decade ago, cognitive scientists John D. Bransford and Daniel J. Schwartz asked fifth graders and college students to create a recovery plan to to protect bald eagles from extinction. Surprisingly, the two groups came up with plans of similar quality (although the college students had better spelling skills)."
Via Beth Dichter
How do students learn to ask questions? Today many schools are driven by test taking, but lacking in teaching students how to ask questions. We ask student to be critical thinkers, but do not necessarily provide the tools. This post will help you with some of the tools.
Learn about different types of questions:
* Display questions
* Referential questions
* Open-ended/divergent questions
* Closed/convergent questions
* Low risk questions
Consider the purposes of questions
Effective questions vs ineffective questions
How to design effective questions
And last (but not least) find 30 thought-provoking questions to ask your students.
This resource is rich with material that may help you move your students in their skills in asking questions.
This article is terrific. However, James says the apple falling is a myth. What say you?
This is great for PBL questioning.