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Make Just One Change: Teach Students To Ask Their Own Questions (2012)

by Dan Rothstein(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1612500994 (ISBN13: 9781612500997)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Harvard Education Press

review 1: Our staff book club read this book, and our conversation was engaging. The book's format is similar to a textbook, and although many examples/stories are shared, the writing is still awkward/stilted. The book contends that teaching students to ask questions is the mot important skill they can acquire. The authors suggest that teachers use their Question Formulation Technique that is a process students follow to generate their own questions, improve their questions, prioritize these questions, and determine how to use the questions. I agree wholeheartedly with this premise. I remember Elie Wiesel in his book Night stating that the question is more powerful than the answer. I believe we should require students to question more (and to use this technique). The book has great ... morevalue, and learning how to question (and what questions to ask) is a skill that can be transferred to all areas of life and not just school. I gave the book 4 stars for its content, not its writing style.
review 2: I will be trying this out the first week back to school. The book makes a compelling case for the change. It also gives very clear directions on how to implement the practice and provides enough examples to understand it and imagine how to apply the strategy to your own classroom. It could do with a little more close editing. I found a few minor typos/errors. I also think it would help if charts and appendices referenced in the book included the page number where they originally appeared. There is some redundancy/repetition, but I found that aspect helpful for reinforcement and so I could internalize the strategy. I think I can just copy a few charts and make a poster of the rules and I will be able to implement the strategy without having to constantly refer back to the book. less

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