Essential Questions: Opening Doors to Student Understanding, April/2013
| Author(s) | Jay McTighe, Grant Wiggins |
| ISBN10 | 1416615059 |
| ISBN13 | 9781416615057 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 120 |
| Year Publish | 2013 April |
Synopsis
Unlock the big ideas in your curriculum and unleash your students' thinking skills with essential questions. Authors of the popular Understanding by Design® framework explain why essential questions help you
“Unpack” standards and organize your curriculum around big ideas and core processes. Engage more students in thoughtful inquiry and discussion to promote deeper understandings of content and a culture of inquiry. Signal to students that deep thinking about content is required, not optional. Develop independent learners and foster 21st century skills.
Offering dozens of examples, the authors explore the usefulness of essential questions in all K–12 content areas, including skill-based areas such as math, PE, language instruction, and arts education. Their guidance and strategies ensure you know how to
Identify characteristics that make a question "essential."* Use essential questions to “unpack” standards.* Design effective essential questions working from many sources including standards, desired understandings, and potential student misconceptions.* Use essential questions as a focus for daily classroom instruction. Support respectful and meaningful differentiation.
Offering dozens of examples, the authors explore the usefulness of essential questions in all K–12 content areas, including skill-based areas such as math, PE, language instruction, and arts education. Their guidance and strategies ensure you know how to
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