A fast-evolving economy and turbulent civic environment mean it’s not enough for students to learn. They must be taught how to learn – how to adapt to new situations by asking questions, seeking answers, and maintaining nimble minds. The Right Question Institute (RQI), in partnership with Teaching Residents at Teachers College, Columbia University, invite you to […]
Seminar on Best Practices in the QFT in partnership with Teaching Residents at Teachers College, Columbia University
A Pen-and-Paper Technique for the EdTech Enthusiast
By Jay Sorensen So, the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) isn’t necessarily a technology-related tool. It can be done with no more than pencil and paper. Of course, you can enhance it by bringing in videos, or using VR for your Q-focus, or holding an online discussion of questions. But I think of the QFT as tech-related in […]
Biography and Bioethics: 9th Graders Ask Questions about the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
It all began with a question. For writer and journalist Rebecca Skloot, it was a question she asked as a high school student in a college biology lecture that launched her into a decades long research and writing process that eventually became the New York Times Bestseller, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. After a […]
Right Question Stories from the Field: Dinosaur-Killing Aliens, Camshafts, and Kentucky State Legislators
How educators are using and sharing the Question Formulation Technique around the country and world by Chris Orchard For most of us, a broken camshaft might lead to some salty language. It means an expensive repair bill and a headache commute while our car is at the mechanic’s. For Alabama’s Jeremy King, a broken camshaft […]
Create a Question Formulation Technique Lesson Plan With This Online Tool
Use this free planning resource to get started right away or improve a lesson plan you already have by Chris Orchard Educators who are thinking about using the Question Formulation Technique, known as the QFT, often have two competing thoughts. (If you’re not familiar with the QFT, check out this brief description in ASCD’s Educational […]
Inquiring Minds: Interview on Right Question Institute’s Conferences
“We learn just as much from educators who have used this strategy as they do from us.” Right Question Institute Education Project and Research Coordinator, Andrew Minigan, discusses the active, collaborative learning that educators experience in every Question Formulation Technique Professional Development session. Read Andrew’s full interview with Convene Editor in Chief Michelle Russell.
English Students Use the QFT to Drive AP-ready, SAT-ready, EPT-ready Learning
by Andrea Giordano-Rink In my 24 years of teaching high school English in the Sweetwater District in Southern California I have never used a strategy as powerful as the Question Formulation Technique (QFT). I am teaching Honors English 11 this year with a very unique set of students. These are the students, primarily, who have […]