Habits of Mind 5: Questioning and Problem Posing

After years of focusing exclusively on academic standards, bringing the Habits of Mind to life in your classroom may require a shift on your part–moving away from just paying attention to content learning to focusing also on developing self-directed, thoughtful problem solvers.  Many of the standards call for an inquiry-based approach.  This learning path provides ways to build powerful questions that invite thinking.

Learning Path Outcomes:

• Examine the importance of questions that are used to open dialoguing and wondering
• Learn strategies that help formulate powerful questions that invite deeper thinking
• Learn how to use strategies to motivate students' questions