This article explores how to promote critical thinking in the classroom using the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) to foster self-advocacy skills. As an applicable technique for all subject disciplines and grades, this method is structured to stimulate divergent, convergent and metacognitive ways of thinking (Right Question Institute, 2020). Working collaboratively, students are able to confidently generate questions that draw on previous knowledge to explore potential solutions, while offering unique perspectives to the group.
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Working in a group students will design and build a Space Box. They will become experts on a method of space exploration or a phenomenon in space. Each group will be choosing a topic, researching it,... read more
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Students work in small groups to design, build, and test a speedboat powered by a hand-made propeller that pushes air. The boats are raced in a 20-foot length of eavestrough filled with water. A set... read more