Inquiry-based learning has been getting a lot of attention lately for student engagement and developing 21st Century skills. Rather than being filled with teacher lectures, students are doing the research and driving the instruction. A lot of schools are adopting PBL to embrace this type of learning in the classroom. This acronym can mean Project-Based […]
October 28, 2014
What are you wondering when you hear…?: Student Engagement in a Project-Based Learning Primary Classroom
April 8, 2014
Out of the Dust: A Teacher’s Reflections on Getting Students to Ask Questions in Literacy
This post is the last in a series of guest blogs by Robert Welch on how he utilizes the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) in his curriculum around the novel Out of the Dust. To see his previous blogs click here. Ultimately , students left their experiences reading and discussing Out of the Dust with a good of […]
March 26, 2014
Elevating Socratic Seminar by Having Students Ask The Questions
“…this was clear evidence that the QFT was a process that students viewed as an authentic and effective tool for their learning, not just something that their teacher was making them do.” In our last weekly post from the field, educator Robert Welch describes how his students embrace the Question Formulation Technique and use it […]
March 19, 2014
Integrating the QFT and Bloom’s Taxonomy to Increase Reading Comprehension With My Fourth Grade Male Readers
Two years ago I was focusing on boosting reading engagement among my struggling fourth grade male readers. As part of my interventions, I encouraged my students to read graphic novels, partner read, and write about their reading. After a few months of experimenting with these interventions and collecting data, I noticed great increases in reading […]
February 25, 2014
Promote All Questions: Maintaining Neutrality In Classroom Discussions
Primary QFT: Being Switzerland One thing that distinguishes elementary students from secondary students is that an elementary student is much more interested in pleasing their teacher. They are on a constant look out for clues as to what the teacher wants so that they can give it to them and receive the praise and recognition […]
February 18, 2014
What If Students Ask Silly Questions? Question Formulation and Classroom Management
This blog is part two in a four part blog series from an educator in the field, Jay Corrigan. Over the next few weeks, Jay will share how his school community has integrated the Question Formulation Technique into their classroom practice. Read part 1 here where Jay described a scaffolded approach that starts in kindergarten and […]
February 11, 2014
Implementing the Question Formulation Technique with our Youngest Students!
This week our weekly post from an educator in the field comes from Jay Corrigan. Over the next few weeks, Jay will share how his school community has integrated the Question Formulation Technique into their classroom practice. While some educators use the entire QFT starting in the early elementary classroom, Jay describes a scaffolded approach that […]
November 11, 2013
Increasing Rigor in an Elementary Math Classroom
This is a guest post by educator Jay Corrigan. “Who’s that?” Several of the 5th graders in the classroom asked that question aloud as I stepped into the room. I was there to try out the Question Formulation Technique. I had read the book Make Just One Change, studied the blogs, and watched Dan Rothstein […]
October 7, 2013
Building Student Engagement in a Special Education Classroom
This is a guest post by Esther Lee As a special education teacher in New York City, I had gotten used to my heterogeneous classroom of kids. Last year, however, I was taken aback by my classroom that consisted of 9 to 12 year olds, with mild to severe disabilities of various kinds. I had […]
