Inquiring Minds Want to Learn

Erik M. Francis

ca. 43,99 €

Solution Tree Press 

Schule und Lernen / Schulbücher Allgemeinbildende Schulen

Beschreibung

Quality questions, directed inquiry, and authentic literacy are important tools that enhance students’ comprehension, knowledge, and application of what is taught. Learn how to phrase and pose good questions that will ignite inquiring minds and enrich student learning during classroom instruction. Author Erik M. Francis shares a framework for engagement that hooks students’ interest and guides students down four pathways of inquiry and questioning that make learning stick.

This book will help K–12 teachers:

• Understand what it means to teach and learn with an inquiring mind
• Learn the elements of the Inquiring Minds Framework and why the framework is important
• Reflect on how they can engage in effective inquiry and questioning with end-of-chapter applications
• Rephrase academic standards into essential questions to better assess and advance student understanding
• Conceptualize how to apply the Inquiring Minds Framework through personal stories from the author
• Learn how to use Socratic questioning, prompts, and stimuli to promote inquiry and build cognitive rigor
• Explore the pros and cons of using artificial intelligence to create meaningful questions

Contents:
Introduction: The Quandary With Questions and Inquiry in Education
Chapter 1: What Is an Inquiring Mind?
Chapter 2: What Are the Forms of Inquiry Students Can Engage in and Experience?
Chapter 3: How Do Good Questions Promote Cognitive Rigor and Prompt Inquiry?
Chapter 4: How Can Students Be “Hooked” Into Inquiry Using Good Questions?
Chapter 5: How Could Good Questions Personalize Inquiry and Promote Expertise?
Chapter 6: How Can Good Questions and Inquiry Address and Assess Understanding?
Chapter 7: How Do Students’ Good Questions Foster and Further Foundational Inquiry?
Chapter 8: How Could Inquiry and Questioning Deepen Teaching and Learning?
Epilogue: Considerations for Teaching and Learning With an Inquiring Mind
References and Resources
Index

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