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 Essential Questions

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The Criteria for the Formation of the Essential Question     

         Jamie McKenzie (1998) suggested the following criteria for the formation of essential questions:

a.       go to the heart of a discipline

b.      have no obvious “right” answer

c.       are higher-order, in Bloom’s sense

d.      recur throughout one’s learning

e.       are framed to provoke and sustain student interest

f.        link to other essential questions

 

Resources:

McKenzie, J. (1998). Teach the teachers: Integrating Web-based resources—Essential Questions. Retrieved April 17, 2006, from http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/teched/using/mod2less 2quest.html

 

 

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