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The key to teaching for understanding is to foster ongoing inquiry into important “big ideas.” A natural way to actively engage students in such inquiry is to use a few Essential Questions (EQs) to frame a curriculum unit. The explicit Read More …
Grant Wiggins has been trumpeting the power of Essential Questions for decades — that are designed to cause genuine and relevant inquiry, provoke deep thought and lively discussion, consider alternatives and weigh evidence, and support ideas and justify responses. This Read More …