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 […]
Biography and Bioethics: 9th Graders Ask Questions about the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Cultivating Curiosity by Deliberately Teaching Students How to Ask Questions by Andrew Minigan
In his piece for Education Week, Andrew Minigan, RQI Education Project and Research Coordinator, writes, “Question formulation is fundamental to cognitive development and how we learn from others, and yet it is a skill that is rarely developed in classrooms.” Read his post on the importance of deliberately teaching students how to ask questions. […]
Who Gets to Graduate From College and Thrive?
To Ask or Not To Ask: Why Asking Questions is a Priceless Skill For College and Beyond Recently I sat in on a meeting for career counselors focused on providing support to First Generation college students and New American students. But before I say more about this meeting (it was incredibly informative and interesting) let me share […]