TEACHING STUDENTS TO ASK THEIR

OWN QUESTIONS

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Step One: Create a promptStep Two: Students generate questionsStep three: Students identify open and closed questionsStep four: Students prioritize questions

Step five: Groups share questionsStep six: Reflections

The Question Formulation Technique(QFT)

Torture can be justified Pollution harms Boston residents The structure of fractions Your rights are protected by the Constitution The inside of a cell Math anxiety Absolute GeometryThe Scientific MethodAccomplishments of the Ancient Egyptians

Q-FOCUS

- You want to prevent genocide from happening ever again.

- Your role is to draft a class contract - a list of rules or expectations that we will follow this year.

- After World War II, the Allies want to achieve justice for the crimes committed by the Nazis.

Your role/task is… You want to…. A group wants to...

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: zymosan

BOOK TITLES: Jude the Obscure

VOCABULARY: egomaniac

http://www.hepg.org/hel/article/507

Your task is to create a newteacher evaluation system.

Rules for Producing Questions:*Ask as many questions as you can*Do not stop to discuss, judge, or answer any questions*Write down every question exactly as it is stated*Change any statement into a question

http://rightquestion.org/education/

http://www.sreb.org/page/1142/summer_conference.html

Now it’s your turn.