Teaching + Learning

Educators reflect on their innovative use of the Question Formulation Technique

Coaching Through Questions: An Instructional Coach’s Experience with the QFT

When students ask their own questions, it sparks curiosity, independence, and self-confidence, cultivating students’ ownership over their own learning. This is a shift that just makes sense. So how does an instructional coach, like myself, create this shift and promote curious conversations in the classroom?

Circles + Squares

I’ve been experimenting with Question Formulation Technique (QFT) in my math classes this year. I used QFT for the fourth…

“Is the grading process needed?” Community College Students Question the Role of Grades

Professor Sun Ezzell integrates the QFT into her writing fundamentals course for two different purposes.

Branching Questions: Using the Question Formulation Technique in a Youth Tree Stewardship Program

As a former classroom teacher with experience in the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), I decided to incorporate the QFT as a tool to focus students’ enthusiasm and work in a way that would guide our thinking and vision, projects, and work.

Integrating the Question Formulation Technique in PBL through the Launch

In PBL, high quality projects begin with a launch-- an engaging entry experience to the project that “hooks” student engagement. This first phase of the project provides a wonderful opportunity for the Question Formulation Technique (QFT).

What If My Students’ Questions Go Off the Rails?

Like any lesson ever, the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) doesn’t always go as perfectly as planned, but there’s always something you can learn from your facilitation of the QFT and students always benefit from having space and time to ask questions.

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