Questions and questioning are key skills in successful learning. The original Q Tasks was instrumental in showing teachers how to give students the tools they need to develop their own questions and build critical thinking and inquiry skills. This new, totally revised edition continues to nurture and advance these crucial skills, and also offers Q-task extensions that introduce digital components that facilitate collaboration and are designed to appeal to tech-savvy students. More than 100 practical, flexible exercises in this remarkable book provide a smorgasbord of choices for teachers to use to help students formulate good questions in an information-rich environment. They put the students at the centre of their own learning as they build the library and research skills that are essential to our information age. Teachers will find innovative ways to help students go beyond memorization and rote learning of facts to focus on personal understanding, and true ownership of the learning experience.
Contains over fifty activities designed to help students build their reading, writing, and research skills, grouped in the categories of evaluating, sorting, analyzing and synthesizing, and working with information.
A valuable self-help book which guides students through the critical skills of planning and producing projects, including how to set goals, manage time, prepare for tests and more" Cf. Our choice, 1998-1999
A comprehensive overview on information literacy skills presented in a flip-book format, and provides step-by-step approaches to obtain relevant data, increase comprehension, and more.
Questions and questioning are key skills in successful learning. The original Q Tasks was instrumental in showing teachers how to give students the tools they need to develop their own questions and build critical thinking and inquiry skills. This new, totally revised edition continues to nurture and advance these crucial skills, and also offers Q-task extensions that introduce digital components that facilitate collaboration and are designed to appeal to tech-savvy students. More than 100 practical, flexible exercises in this remarkable book provide a smorgasbord of choices for teachers to use to help students formulate good questions in an information-rich environment. They put the students at the centre of their own learning as they build the library and research skills that are essential to our information age. Teachers will find innovative ways to help students go beyond memorization and rote learning of facts to focus on personal understanding, and true ownership of the learning experience.
Contains over fifty activities designed to help students build their reading, writing, and research skills, grouped in the categories of evaluating, sorting, analyzing and synthesizing, and working with information.
A valuable self-help book which guides students through the critical skills of planning and producing projects, including how to set goals, manage time, prepare for tests and more" Cf. Our choice, 1998-1999
Collection of learning experiences developed by the authors using Big Think strategies for use in the school curriculum by teacher librarians and classroom teachers for topics involving people.
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