The Art of Inquiry

By Tracey Cain, LibrarianReams Elementary School

Chesterfield County Public Schools2014-2015

Introduce the Rules for Producing Questions:

Ask as many questions as you can

Do not stop to answer, judge or to discuss the questions

Write down every question exactly as it is stated

Change any statement into a question

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Name:

• advantages of closed-ended questions and open-ended questions

Then,

• disadvantages of closed-ended and open-ended questions

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Step 3

Practice changing questions from one type to another.

– “Choose one closed-ended question from your list and change it into an open-ended one.”

– “Choose one open-ended question from your list and change it into an closed-ended one.”

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You have to keep in mind what the teacher is asking you to do.

Choose three questions that…

most interest you.

you consider to be the most important.

• Review your list of questions and choose three questions (most important; to develop a project, etc.). Mark them with an “X”

Sharing time

• Why did you choose these questions?

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I used the following resources to help me create this experience:

• The Question Generator http://wsi.slav.vic.edu.au/question-generator

• Resources from The Right Question www.rightquestion.org.

• Henry Cole reads Unspoken

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voL_dToHjUU