Q-Tasks: How to Empower Students to Ask Questions and Care About the Answers

by: Carol Koechlin (Author),Sandi Zwaan(Author)

Publisher: Pembroke Publishers

Edition: 2nd

Publication Date: 2014/10/13

Language: English

Print Length: 160 pages

ISBN-10: 9781551383019

ISBN-13: 9781551383019

Book Description

The first edition of Q-Tasks showed teachers how to empower students to develop their own questions and build their critical thinking and inquiry skills. This new, revised edition features innovative ways teachers can help students ask real questions that focus on personal understanding and give them ownership of their leaing experience. More than one hundred tried-and-proven classroom activities in this practical book will take students beyond memorization and rote leaing. Additionally, the new edition addresses how teachers can use the power of technology to promote collaboration among students through Q task extensions that introduce digital components.

About the Author

The first edition of Q-Tasks showed teachers how to empower students to develop their own questions and build their critical thinking and inquiry skills. This new, revised edition features innovative ways teachers can help students ask real questions that focus on personal understanding and give them ownership of their leaing experience. More than one hundred tried-and-proven classroom activities in this practical book will take students beyond memorization and rote leaing. Additionally, the new edition addresses how teachers can use the power of technology to promote collaboration among students through Q task extensions that introduce digital components.