Question Formulation Technique (QFT)
Also known as: questioning
QFT is a step-by-step process designed to teach students to develop questioning skills through group ideation, categorisation, prioritisation and discussion. It:
- enables educators to support students to develop their questioning, metacognitive and interpersonal skills
- teaches students to develop and ask questions that facilitate their learning and helps them take ownership of their learning
- promotes student curiosity, ideation and engagement.
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How to use with ICT
- Once students are familiar with QFT, challenge them to engage in Think-Pair-Share activities.
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External resources
| Title | Link | Description |
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| The Right Question Institute | The Right Question Institute | A collection of classroom resources and teacher training for implementing the question formulation technique. There are templates available such as ready to go QFT Google forms. |
| Wonderopolis - Where the learning never ceases | Wonderopolis | A student centred website encouraging student questioning and wonder. Students are encouraged to submit questions and review and give feedback on others questions. There are a number of videos for students in Wonders with Charlie. |
| The right questions by Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana | The right questions | A more detailed description of the question formulation technique, along with case studies for different classes and subjects. |
| Sparking joy in the classroom with student-formulated questions | Teaching channel | The first in a series of seven blogs with real classroom application of the QFT process. |
| The Question Formulation Technique for summative assessment (video) by the Right Question Institute | The question formulation technique for summative assessment | A demonstration of the technique being used with an 8th-grade social studies class for summative assessment (video). |
| My Ah-ha Moments with the question formulation technique by Connie Williams | My Ah-ha Moments with the Question Formulation Technique | A look at some different ways the technique can be used and how empowering it is for students to have it as a tool to use. |
| The question formulation technique in Action (video) by the Right Question Institute | The question formulation technique in action | A quick glimpse of the Question Formulation Technique in action in a 12th-grade humanities class in Boston (video). |
| Integrating the question formulation technique in PBL by Jennifer Pieratt, PhD | Integrating the question formulation technique in PBL | An overview of using the technique to launch and sustain a project-based learning approach in primary classes. |
| Asking effective questions | Asking effective questions | An article on provoking student thinking/deepening conceptual understanding in the mathematics classroom. |
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