Teachers can use a questioning strategy originally from the business world to guide students to confidently develop and defend their thinking.

In Thinking Through Quality Questioning (Corwin Press, 2011), the authors Jackie Acree Walsh and Beth Dankert Sattes argue that quality questioning by instructors is essential for creating an ...

“You can teach a student a lesson for a day, but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.” — Clay P. Bedford “This year will see ...

As educators, we often hear about the importance of teaching critical thinking skills to our students. What we hear about less, however, are the most effective techniques for teaching those skills and ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: How can teachers use questions most effectively in the classroom? Part One ‘s commentators were Jeri Asaro, Dan Rothstein, Diana Laufenberg, Rebecca Mieliwocki, ...

Editor’s Note: Ali Giska, a literacy coach in Berlin, Maryland, participated in the Teachers for Global Classrooms Program (TGC) and traveled to Brazil. The experience inspired her to work to instill ...

As we enter the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the emphasis in higher learning is less on in-depth discipline knowledge and more on agile skills in critical thinking and creative thinking. How can we ...

Doha: Students have been encouraged to ask in-depth, thoughtful questions in the learning environment, even when such inquiries may be considered “uncomfortable” as against “partial questioning” that ...