Improving Student Inquiry In his blog post, Improving Student Inquiry with the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) and PBL, Drew Perkins (@dperkinsed) discusses the value of implementing the QFT in a project-based learning (PBL) classroom. Perkins advocates for the use of the QFT because it can elevate student autonomy and collaboration while also creating a classroom culture of exploration and […]
October 1, 2015
@RightQuestion Digest: Connections with Project-Based Learning, Information Fluency, & Danielson’s Framework
September 24, 2015
@RightQuestion Digest: ASCD Publication Features Question Formulation Technique
Dan Rothstein’s Blog & Interview with Educational Leadership Right Question Institute Co-Director Dan Rothstein wrote a blog post and was interviewed by ASCD for their publication Educational Leadership. As a part of their September issue, “Questioning for Learning,” Dan discusses the power of asking questions within the classroom, and its benefits for both teachers and […]
August 28, 2015
Video: The QFT and “Summative Assessment”
We are excited to present a great video demonstrating innovative use of the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) for summative assessment purposes. Joshua Beer’s students in his 8th grade class in a rural New Hampshire community do brilliant work working with this Question Focus as they come to the end of a unit of study: Questions […]
July 14, 2015
Big Questions Launch Working Conference
Nearly 150 educators – from around the United States and from as far away as Australia, Greece, France, Mexico, Barbados and elsewhere – were in Boston Monday to participate in the Students Are Not Asking Questions working conference. The conference began with educators addressing important topics related to student engagement, inquiry and question-asking. Working in groups, they participated […]
March 12, 2015
#QuestionWeek: Getting to What Really Matters!
“The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one’s key to the experience of others.” – James Baldwin Though an occasionally clichéd sentiment, technology has truly revolutionized the ways people connect, communicate and learn. The internet has become a mecca for dynamic, though often mercurial, conversations on popular […]
March 3, 2015
Student Questions, Shifting Classrooms
by Erica DeVoe The past three books I’ve read changed me. Actually, they defined me. No wait, they articulated what I’ve always known myself to be, but I had yet to articulate it for myself… and that, that is what saved me. Grant Lichtman’s The Falconer, Warren Berger’s A More Beautiful Question, and Santana and Rothstein’s […]
February 24, 2015
Student Engagement as Accountability: “Our Goal is for Our Students to Own Their Learning”
by Greg Graham How can we hold our students more accountable for their learning? This is a common question heard in schools today. We have asked this question many times in our own school. Are we asking the right question? Should we focus on student accountability or provide more opportunities for students to invest in […]
January 23, 2015
The Question Formulation Technique in Action
Here’s a clip from a video showing Boston students actively using the QFT. For the full video walking through the whole process, watch on the Educator Network .
January 13, 2015
Not Just Starting Point: Student Research & The QFT
by Quentin Flokstra As a high school humanities teacher in a small school, I do a lot of projects. I like to foster in my students a quest to find interesting information and to understand the world that they live in. As such, I spent a lot of time talking to our librarian about best research […]
December 29, 2014
Happy New Year from The Right Question Institute
As the year comes to a close, we at the Right Question Institute want to wish our friends and colleagues a year of good health, meaningful work, and great happiness. 2014 was a year of incredible momentum at RQI, and we look forward to sharing more news soon of what we are working on in […]
