by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Essential Questions
Checking understanding is a critical ongoing aspect of instructional guidance. Teachers ask questions of students to discover both what they know and what they have yet to learn. They also use guiding questions to determine if prior knowledge is being used to link to... 
by GDC Team | Essential Questions
Successfully debriefing learning means having solid and meaningful reflective questions to use. No matter what you’re teaching, every learner can benefit from asking reflective questions at the end of their journey. We have a list of 15 here that are pretty much... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Essential Questions
In any great lesson, an essential question is what drives your learners’ quest for knowledge and discovery. How do we begin writing essential questions that matter? One of the essential shifts in modern learning is students becoming creators of knowledge.... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Essential Questions
For a long time we’ve advocated the use of self-reflective questions with our learners as a way for them to debrief their learning processes in the classroom in order to improve and grow. This is just as useful a practice for teachers as it is for learners,... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Essential Questions
Think for a moment about the “best” question someone has ever asked you. As soon as it was posed to you, what happened? It may have caused you to stop and ponder what was being asked. You may have been inspired to think about related events in the present... 
by GDC Team | Essential Questions
In any kind of learning, asking the best questions possible yields both vital knowledge discovery and powerful personal insights for the learner. Asking good questions is a fundamental practice in using the Essential Fluencies, especially Solution Fluency and... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Critical Thinking
Are your learners fostering their independent thinking abilities? Have them periodically ask themselves these 10 questions. You’re a teacher. You’re not only committed to being a different kind of teacher, but you have told your learners that you will be different... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Teaching
Take your essential questions to new heights with the Essential Questions Teacher’s Companion. In any great lesson, an essential question is what drives the quest for knowledge and discovery of the unknown and also encourages learning ownership. So what makes a... by GDC Team | Essential Questions
An essential question is an incredibly powerful tool for discovery learning and critical thinking skill development. Here’s a catch, though—if you get the answer that you were looking for it doesn’t mean that you’ve asked an essential question in the... 
