Teachers enrolled in this course will...

Know

• the steps of the Question Formulation Technique (QFT).
• what student and teacher will do in each step of the QFT.
• the three thinking abilities (divergent thinking, convergent thinking, metacognition).
• the similarities and differences between a traditional prompt and a Question Focus (Qfocus).
• the four rules for producing questions.

Understand

• how to help students refine, prioritize, and reflect on their questions.
• how the three thinking abilities are brought together in the QFT.
• the importance of closed- and open-ended questions and how students learn to change their questions fromone category to the other as needed.
• how the ability to ask questions leads to new ideas, new inventions, better solutions, and a more fulfillinglearning environment for students and teacher.
• that promoting questioning can be a building block for creating productive relationships that benefit ourentire society and our democracy.

and Be Able To

• Improve student learning, including those who already excel at answering questions, by designing lessons that:
• help students learn how to generate their own questions that guide their own learning.
• promote greater student engagement.
• give students more ownership of the learning process.
• increase student achievement, build new relationships between learner and teacher, and open avenues fordialogue and inquiry.