The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) is a step-by-step process that creates a space and a structure for students to generate…
English/Literacy/Reading
We presented students with a statement about the setting, challenging them to have their questions focus on the role of the setting at the beginning stages of a historical fiction reading unit we were doing. We were not only building background knowledge around specific historical time periods, but also teaching students to approach this genre with more of an awareness and concern about the time and place.
It all began with a question. For writer and journalist Rebecca Skloot, it was a question she asked as a…
Curiosity can have a profound impact on how students learn and how they perceive themselves as learners. The Question Formulation Technique (QFT)…
How can teachers foster social awareness and empathy through student-generated questions? Teachers are often looking for new ways to build…
by Andrea Giordano-Rink In my 24 years of teaching high school English in the Sweetwater District in Southern California I…