Make just one change : teach students to ask their own questions

Rothstein, Dan. (Author). Santana, Luz. (Added Author).

Summary: This book is based on the idea that formulating questions is an essential skill for learning. It presents the Question Formulation Technique, a concise tool that enables learners to produce their own questions, improve their questions, and strategize how to use them.

Record details

ISBN: 9781612500997 (paperback)
Physical Description: print
xi, 176 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-160) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

"Why didn't I learn this in school?" -- The question forumulation technique : teaching multiple thinking abilities in one process -- Choose the question focus : the starting point for student questions -- Choose the question focus : the starting point for student questions -- Introduce the rules for producing questions : an exercise in metacognition -- Students produce the questions : divergent thinking unleashed -- Students improve the questions : closed- and open-ended questions -- Students prioritize the questions : analysis and convergence -- Next steps : "What do we do with all these questions?" -- Students reflect on their learning : cognition, affect, and behavior -- A memo to my fellow teachers : what I've learned from using the QFT -- Students and classrooms transformed : a community of self-directed learners -- Questions and education, questions and democracy.