EDUC 4060

In decision-making, teachers need to take into account if

• students are confident in the material.

• it is more important for students to engage in productive struggle or to have an answer.

• students know the answer.

• the students have background knowledge.

Not answering questions take more skill than answering them

• False

• True

Socio-scientific issues are more than just discussions with opinions;

• they move students along towards more substantial questions.

• they teach students how to think and act like scientists.

• they are arguments informed by scientific reasoning and evidence.

• they allow students to see their particular questions from a different perspective.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Procedurally Suggestive:

• Assisting the students without giving away too much authority in the science teacher.

• Viewing students questions as integral components of learning how to pose and solve problems, rather than as ends in themselves.

• Focuses on students on making the student feel like they themselves had the power to provide an answer.

• Necessary in order to move students along towards more substantial questions.

Why are essential questions important?

• Allows students to engage in productive struggle.

• A way to enact sophisticated educational objectives of evaluation.

• Guides students through discussions.

• Presses for an explanation to a puzzling phenomenon.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Essential questions provides students with a genuine problem.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-ETS1-2

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Copenhagen interpretation teaches students:

• how to provide an answer for their questions.

• the justification for learning particular content.

• how to think and act like scientists.

• how to take control over their own learning.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

An example of a good essential question is:

• How does radiation both cause and cure cancer?

• What is the impact of the nearby coal plant on the health of the people in the neighborhood?

• When I shut off the light, what happens to the electrons in the wire?

• What is the effect of hunting on the deer population in Wisconsin?

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1