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This month’s treasures… Teaching middle school students to be active researchers / Judith M. Zorfass ; with Harriet Copel. 120 pages; For grades 6-8 Offers middle school educators practical information about inquiry-based, interdisciplinary learning. Shows real-life teachers and students asking questions and presenting their new understanding of "overarching concepts.".
The art of inquiry : questioning strategies for K-6 classrooms / Nancy Lee Cecil, Jeanne Pfeifer. 165 pages; For grades K-6 Explains how to model provocative, open-ended questions, and provide many useful teacher- and student-directed questioning strategies. From these strategies, children learn how to ask questions that enable them to construct their own meaning from what they read and experience. Updates and adds new strategies to reflect today's best practices in education.
Developing more curious minds / John Barell. 244 pages After the September 11th attacks, many people wondered why no one had anticipated the terrorists' actions. John Barell believes that the attacks speak to a greater societal problem of complacency and lack of inquisitiveness. This volume describes practical strategies to spur students' ability and willingness to pose and answer their own questions.
What’s New @ BZERC November 2016