Creating Quality Essential Questions with Janet Hale
May 12, 2022
Janet Hale shares her expertise and recommendations for creating quality essential questions to be used in your initial or ongoing curriculum mapping initiatives.
Essential questions are a common element in curriculum mapping, yet teachers are oftentimes asked to develop them when they have not had any or sufficient training in this process. This informative session will provide an understanding of essential questions for the purpose of curriculum mapping, with approaches and strategies to create quality essential questions that help drive student engagement and long-term learning.
In this webinar, we’ll cover:
Difference among types of questions asked in classrooms
Criteria for designing quality essential questions
Process for creating and using essential questions through alignment across grade levels
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