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2. Vital Results - Reasoning and Problem Solving

Questioning

Draft July 1997


QUESTIONING/PROBLEM SOLVING 2.1 TYPES OF QUESTIONS: Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds) Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds) Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds)
Students ask a variety of questions. This is evident when students:

2.1 Types of Questions Cross Referenced to Field of Knowledge Standards:

5.1-7.19

· Ask questions relevant to the activity.

· Ask for assistance.

· Ask questions about how things get done and how they work.

· Ask questions relevant to the activity to clarify issues.

· Ask questions to determine why events occur.

· Ask questions that compare and contrast, to determine similarities and differences.

· Ask questions that help make connections.

· Ask reflective questions that connect new ideas to personal experience.

· Develop questions that guide research and investigations.

· Ask reflective questions that connect new ideas to personal experience and research.

· Develop critical questions that lead one to evaluate a problem, text, work of art, etc.

Examples of Classroom Activities for Standard 2.1. This will vary from team to team. Class discussion

Individual/group projects

Class discussion

Individual/group projects

Class discussions

Theme studies

Literature circles

Peer conferences

Problem solving groups

Individual/group projects

Examples of Assessment Strategies for Standard 2.1


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