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Methods and Strategies: Ask the Right Question
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This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue shows how teachers can use literature and higher-level thinking questions to enhance science instruction.
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Ask the Experts: March 2005 - Question #1
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Have you ever wondered what would be considered a native species in a place such as Hawaii? It seems like everything that exists there was introduced to the Aloha State because nothing live came up without the lava from…
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Perspectives: The Art (and Science) of Asking Questions
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Questions serve as formative assessments that provide information to teachers about student learning in relation to curricular goals. In addition to helping students build science concepts, teacher questions can help…
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The Prepared Practitioner: Ask Questions—and Listen!
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As you enjoy your summer break, are you thinking about professional development—or spending time with friends and loved ones? How about combining the activities! Conversing with friends and family offers a chance to…
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Editor’s Corner: Assessment—Asking the Big Questions
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Assessment is often synonymous with measurement. We use summative assessments to determine if and where a student will go to college, how much funding a state will receive, whether teachers will stay or be fired, and…
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How to... Ask the Right Questions (e-Book)
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Questions, questions, questions! They are a large part of a teacher’s stock-in-trade. We use questions to help students review, to check on comprehension, to stimulate critical thinking, to encourage creativity, to…
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Idea Bank: Asking Authentic Questions with Tangible Consequences
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For physics teachers, it seems irresponsible to teach energy without asking students hard, relevant questions such as, “What will we do when oil becomes prohibitively expensive?” Therefore, in the fall of 2005, the…
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