Higher-Order Questions
Recommended Practice: Use higher-order questions to help students build explanations.
- Overview & Tools: Video overviews and professional development materials
- Learn What Works: Expert interviews about higher-order questions
- See How It Works: Videos and sample materials from schools
Using Higher-Order Questions to Help Students Build Explanations
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View a multimedia overview to learn how teachers can promote critical thinking skills by posing higher-order questions and encouraging student explanations.
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Key Concepts in Using Higher-Order Questions
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Listen as Dr. Annemarie Palincsar discusses the importance of asking higher-order questions and how to build opportunities for deep explanations in the classroom.
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Expert Interview
Instructional Strategies at a District Level
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In this video interview, a district curriculum director shares lessons learned about successfully implementing instructional strategies, like the use of higher-order questions, across many schools...
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School Example
Response Groups: Eliciting Explanations in History
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History teacher Matt Moorman describes how he uses higher-order questions to engage students in critical thinking about important historical concepts and to help students to internalize the...
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School Example
Classroom Observation: Tracking Questions and Responses
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In teams, use this observation form to observe ongoing questions and responses generated by class instruction and then provide feedback on impact and possible improvement.
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Sentence Starters for Generating Higher-Order Questions
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Use this tool to develop questions and sentence starters that will help generate deeper explanations from students.
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Discuss and Design: Effective Classroom Structures for Higher-Order Questions
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Use this observation chart to convene a school in-service session for teachers to learn about creating classroom structures that utilize student questioning to build explanations. Related...
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Learning Together About Using Higher-Order Questions to Help Students Build Explanations
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The discussion questions in this tool can be used to convene a school in-service session for teachers to learn why and how to teach using higher-order questions. Related Media: Using...
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