"The Question is the
Answer"
How to use focus questions to help
plan your research task.
There are many different tools
that children can use to help them write their focus questions. These
questions will form the basis for the information they collect. Emphasize to students that the nature
of the task will determine the type of questions they develop. The following frameworks can be used in
a variety of situations.
For more complex question
creation strategies try using the Questioning
Toolkit on Jamie McKenzie's site. He states that the question is the answer
and an important aspect to research. In his book Beyond
Technology -Questioning, Research and the Information Literate School (pubFNOpress
2000) he writes about prime
questions WHY ( Why do things happen the way they do?) HOW ( How
could things be made better?) and WHICH
( Which do I select?).
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