Materials adapted from QUILT curriculum:

Questioning and Understanding to Improve Learning and Thinking

Henrico County Public Schools

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Focus Questions:

What makes an “educative” question different from an “everyday” question?

What characteristics should be considered when creating quality questions?

Questioning to Purpose

• Purposeful

• Content focused

• At a specific cognitive level

• Clear wording

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Appropriate?

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Creating Questions

• Write 3-5 quality questions each

• Share questions with another pair

• Provide feedback and revise

• Select one question

• Write on chart paper and hang

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Challenge

Materials adapted from QUILT curriculum:

Questioning and Understanding to Improve Learning and Thinking

Henrico County Public Schools

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