ABSTRACT
Guiding questions are an instructional design element that provides entry points into the curriculum, inviting learners to uncover "the important ideas at the heart of each subject". To create teachers questions, teacher will first review several design factors, including question types, sequencing, and scale. Next, teacher will consider the role of student-developed questions. Finally, teacher will develop thier own questions and assess them with a simple checklist. Teachers are probably familiar with the difference between closed- and open-ended questions; the former have a single answer, whereas the latter require explanation. But both types are needed. Students don't know what they don't know, meaning they may never come to pose a question about a topic they don't realize exists. Students spent a week Googling for information. But developing answers required a foundation of scientific knowledge that the teacher simply didn't provide out of a well-intentioned desire to keep the learning student-centered.
