Q tasks : how to empower students to ask questions and care about answers / Carol Koechlin, Sandi Zwaan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koechlin, Carol, author.

Zwaan, Sandi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Critical thinking.

Creative thinking--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Creative thinking.

Questioning--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Questioning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Distribution:

Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014.

Place of Publication:

Markham, Ontario : Pembroke, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Questions and questioning are key skills in successful learning. The original Q Tasks was instrumental in showing teachers how to give students the tools they need to develop their own questions and build critical thinking and inquiry skills. This new, totally revised edition continues to nurture and advance these crucial skills, and also offers Q-task extensions that introduce digital components that facilitate collaboration and are designed to appeal to tech-savvy students. More than 100 practical, flexible exercises in this remarkable book provide a smorgasbord of choices for teachers to use to help students formulate good questions in an information-rich environment. They put the students at the centre of their own learning as they build the library and research skills that are essential to our information age. Teachers will find innovative ways to help students go beyond memorization and rote learning of facts to focus on personal understanding, and true ownership of the learning experience.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Encouraging curiosity

2. Understanding questions

3. Learning to question

4. Questioning to learn

5. Questioning to progress

6. Moving forward.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781551389028

1551389029

OCLC:

895193377