Essential Questions in Student Learning Debi Rice Literacy Coach Leon High School 2009-2010.

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Essential Questions in Student Learning Debi Rice Literacy Coach Leon High School

What is an Essential Question?

An Essential Question is one that… Requires a decision or course of action. Fosters higher order thinking skills. Promotes critical thinking skills & problem solving. Promotes multidisciplinary investigations.

What constitutes a good essential question?

Essential questions engage students in the kinds of real life applied problem solving suggested by nearly every new curriculum report or outline curriculum standards such as the NCTM and the Science Standards.

What constitutes a good essential question? Essential questions are found at the higher end of Blooms Taxonomy. Answers to essential questions cannot be found, they must be invented. Essential questions lend themselves well to multidisciplinary investigations.

Examples of Open-Ended Stems for Essential Questions How would you…? What would result if…? How would you describe…? How does… compare to …? What is the relationship between…? What would happen if…? How could you change…? How would you improve…?

Examples of Open-Ended Stems for Essential Questions (cont.) How do you feel about…? Why do you believe…? What is your opinion of…? What choice you have made…? What would you do differently…? How would you go about solving the problem…? If you were in this position what would you do…? Why do/dont you support …? What could improve…?

What are Some Examples of Essential Questions?

Science 1. How do chemicals benefit society? 2. Are animals essential for mans survival? Explain. 3. Does South Carolina have reason to fear a natural disaster? Which ones or Why not? 4. What must a scientist do in order to research something?

Math 1. When should I multiply? When cant I multiply? When is multiplication most useful? Can multiplication make things smaller? 2. How is geometry used in the real world? 3. What is the role of geometry in advertising, architecture, or fabric design? 4. How would you explain, demonstrate, or draw the ________ process?

Social Studies 1. How have ancient Greeks affected our society? 2. Why would the Europeans want to come to the colonies? 3. Why did your textbook include _____ in this chapter? 4. How does the economy of a society depend on the geography of the region?

English 1. Why read? 2. What is the connection between reading and writing? 3. Do stories need a beginning, middle, and end? Why? 4. What does the The Old Man and the Sea teach us about life?

HOPE 1. Why should you spend time stretching before and after an athletic event? 2. What are the top three rules in basketball? Why? 3. How can advertising affect a teens choices?

I have my essential question, now what?

Now you need to ask some basic questions in order to possibly revise the essential question. These will also assist in generating lessons to lead students toward the answer.

Guiding Lesson Questions 1. What should the student have learned prior to the lesson? 2. What will the student need to know in order to answer the question? 3. What strategies will actively engage the student as they work toward the answer? 4. How will you know that the students are learning the information? 5. How will the students demonstrate their final answer to the question?