The Question Formulation Technique: Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions

In this video, I discuss why students should be taught how to ask their own questions and how a pedagogy called the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) is an excellent method for doing so.


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Harvard Graduate School of Education: Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions: Best
Practices in the Question Formulation Technique

https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/progr...

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“Source: The Right Question Institute (RQI). The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) was
created by RQI. Visit rightquestion.org for more information and free resources.”

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Question Formulation Technique in Action https://rightquestion.org/education/

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