


20 Types Of Questions For Teaching Critical Thinking
20 Types Of Questions For Teaching Critical Thinking by Terry Heick What are the different types of questions? Turns out, it’s pretty limitless. I’ve always been interested in them–the way they can cause (or stop) thinking; the nature of inquiry and reason; the way...
5 Inquiry Modes And Their Effect On Student Ownership
The above framework from Sundberg & Moncada (1994), Ohlhorst (1995), D’Avanzo (1996), and Grant & Vatnick (1998) takes this idea of ownership and applies it to inquiry-based learning. The result is a kind of spectrum analyzing the nature of teaching inquiry, moving close-ended demonstration to open-ended inquiry and even collaboration with the researchers themselves.

Creating Students That Solve Problems
Creating Students That Solve Problems by TeachThought Staff The next time you are teaching a lesson, count how many questions students are asked. If the answer is too many, you are not alone. I often hear teachers complaining of the lack of initiative in their...
Teaching Human Rights: Resources, Benefits, And Guiding Questions
Teaching Human Rights: Resources, Benefits, And Guiding Questions contributed by Chris Buckley, Featured Teacher In The Speak Truth To Power Master Class Series When I am asked what I teach, my general response is not that I teach history or social studies; my days in...