In learning and its design, we have always referred to essential or generative questions. Through the use of questions, deeper learning objectives are often recognized. Thoughts are generated and connections are made. In TeachThought, Terry Heick asks us to think about how we can use questions in ways that work best with the Google generation. Information is ubiquitous, but helping them slow down to navigate information requires supporting them. Using these questions is a way of teaching them to think. “Metacognition isn’t a matter of a “lesson,” or a teacher telling students it’s something they should do. Rather, it’s a matter of habit. Habits are everything. So, below are 15 questions to help students respond to new ideas, and begin to establish the kinds of habits that make thinkers, and just maybe, starting telling you what you want to hear.”
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