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Essential Questions: Keys to Meaningful Learning

Essential Questions: Keys to Meaningful Learning. Boise State University Edufest Special Topics Susan Wolfe, MAT, Ed.S. July 28, 2013 sue@wolfewhere.com. Self Assessment. novice. intermediate. advanced. expert. Workshop Content. EQs and Backward Design

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Essential Questions: Keys to Meaningful Learning

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  1. Essential Questions: Keys to Meaningful Learning Boise State UniversityEdufest Special Topics Susan Wolfe, MAT, Ed.S. July 28, 2013 sue@wolfewhere.com

  2. Self Assessment novice intermediate advanced expert

  3. Workshop Content • EQs and Backward Design • Essential Questions – Key Features • Different Types of EQs • Designing Essential Questions • Tips for Using Essential Questions • Web Site Resources

  4. Three-Minute Pause • Meet in groups of 3-5 to… • summarize key points. • add your own thoughts. • pose clarifying questions.

  5. Teach and Assess for Understanding and Transfer Two Big Ideas of UbD 3 stages of Backward Design

  6. 3 Stages of Backward Design • Identify desired results. • Determine acceptable evidence. • Plan learning experiences and instruction.

  7. UbD Unit Design Template • Embodies the 3 stages of backward design. • Offers a mental template for effective design.

  8. Killing Creativity

  9. What makes a question ESSENTIAL?

  10. From the leading edge… “Why is music such a pleasure?” Nicholas Humphrey Psychologist, New School for Social Research Author of Consciousness Regained and History of the Mind

  11. From the leading edge… “What do collapses of past societies teach us about our own future?” Jared Diamond Biologist, UCLA Medical School Author of Guns, Germs and Steel “Why don’t more of our unequal societies implode?” Katherine Boo Author of Behind the Beautiful Forevers Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

  12. Sample Essential Questions • How does art reflect, as well as shape , culture? • What should we eat? • In what way do effective writers hook and hold their readers? • How do I know what to believe about a scientific claim?

  13. Concept Attainment • Compare examples (+) and non-examples (-) of a concept. • Identify the distinguishing characteristics of each. • Test your theory against new examples. • Refine your concept definition.

  14. What do effective problem solvers do when they get stuck? Is there ever a “just” war? How can I sound more like a native speaker? What steps did you follow to get your answer? What key event sparked World War I? What are some common Spanish colloquialisms? Essential Questions Not Essential Questions

  15. What should we eat? Should it be an axiom if it is not obvious? Who is a true friend? What foods are in the DAIRY food group? By what axioms are we able to prove Pythagorean theorem? Who is Maggie’s best friend in the story? Essential Questions NotEssential Questions

  16. What is the relationship between popularity and greatness in literature?When was the Magna Carta signed?Crustaceans – what’s up with that? YES NO

  17. What is the relationship between popularity and greatness in literature?When was the Magna Carta signed?Crustaceans – what’s up with that? YES NO

  18. Which President of the U.S. has the most disappointing legacy?To what extent are science and common sense related?What’s the pattern? YES NO

  19. Which President of the U.S. has the most disappointing legacy?To what extent are science and common sense related?What’s the pattern? YES NO It depends on intent!

  20. Thought provoking; intellectually engaging Open-ended; not a “single” answer; requires support Recur: can (and should) be revisited Generative; spark inquiry and raise other questions

  21. Pause

  22. Four Types of Classroom Questions1. Nutrition 2. Literature Questions That Hook Can what you eat help to prevent zits? Do you know any teenagers that act crazy? Why do they act that way? Questions That Lead What types of food are in the food groups? When (time period) and where (location) does the novel take place? Questions That Guide What is a balanced diet? Is Holden normal? (Note: main character is telling the story from a psychiatric hospital.) Essential Questions What should we eat? What makes a story timeless? 2. What truths can we learn from fiction?

  23. Criteria • Juicy – is the prompt provocative? • Shades of grey • In humanities are their multiple sides and answers? • In math/science are their multiple steps requiring collaborative solving? • Requires evidence do students have multiple and reliable sources to support their argument? • Rooted in rigorous academic content • Must students use rigorous content in order to solve or answer the essential questions?

  24. How Do We Design Essential Questions?

  25. Content Overload Curriculum

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  27. “Unpack” Content Standards Consider: What “big ideas” are embedded within the standards? Content Standards

  28. A closer look

  29. Next GenerationScience Standards Includes EIGHT Practices for K-12 Classrooms. Example: 7. Engaging in argument from evidence What makes a credible argument? What constitutes effective evidence?

  30. Next GenerationScience Standards 6. Structure and Function. The way in which an object or living thing is shaped and it substructure determine many of its properties and functions. How are structure and function related: …in living things? …in non-living things?

  31. Read closely to determine what the textsays explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. EQs What logical inferences can I draw, based on what is in the text? What specific evidence in the text supports my ideas? English/LA Anchor Standards, Reading – Key Ideas and Details

  32. Make sense ofproblemsand persevere in solving them. Use appropriate tools strategically. EQs What do effective problem solvers do? What should I do when I am stuck? What is the most appropriate method and/or tool to use here, if efficiency and effectiveness is the goals? Mathematics Practice Standards

  33. Plan and carry out investigationstoidentify the effect forceshave on anobject’s shape and orientation. EQs Why did this move that way? Why is this shaped that way? What distinct forces caused that effect? Next Generation Science Standards

  34. Types of Essential Questions • Overarching: Frame courses and programs of study around truly big ideas. • Topical: Are unit specific but still promote inquiry. GOOD TEACHING USES BOTH!

  35. Examples: Understanding – Living organisms adapt to survive harsh or changing environments. • Overarching – “In nature, do only the “strong” survive? What is survival strength? • Topical – “How do insects survive so well?”

  36. Whose story (perspective) is this? How do authors use story elements to establish mood? What are common factors in the rise and fall of powerful nations? How did Native Idahoans view the “settlement” of their land? How does Neil Gaiman use setting to establish mood? Why did the Soviet Union collapse? Overarching vs. Topical EQs

  37. Consider EQs in Two Strands Content Process

  38. Consider EQs in Two Strands Mathematical Concepts Mathematical Practices

  39. How should we balance individual rights with the common good? Does capitalism insure economic inequality? How do we know what to believe about historical claims? Whose “story” is this? EQs in Two Tracks – Social Studies Content EQs Process EQs

  40. What truths can we learn from fiction? Can anyone be a hero? How does what I read influence how I should read it? How do you read “between the lines”? EQs in Two Tracks – Language Arts Content EQs Process EQs

  41. What do numbers show? What are the limits of this mathematical model (e.g., a linear equation)? What do good problem solvers do? What makes an answer reasonable? EQs in Two Tracks – Math Content EQs Process EQs

  42. How do the arts reflect and shape culture? How and why do artists break with tradition? How do tools and materials influence artistic expression? How can/should we “read” a work of art? EQs in Two Tracks – Arts Content EQs Process EQs

  43. When and why should we change the rules?? Why and how do we “create space” when on offense? No pain, no gain – agree? If practice makes perfect, what makes “perfect” practice? EQs in Two Tracks – P.E./Sports Content EQs Process EQs

  44. Your Task • Draft ONE overarching EQ for your subject or course. • Draft TWO topical EQs for your subject or course

  45. Pause

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