Essential Questions: Opening Doors to Student Understanding

by Jay McTighe, Grant P. Wiggins, Grant Wiggins

Book Overview

What are essential questions, and how do they differ from other kinds of questions? What's so great about them? Why should you design and use essential questions in your classroom?

Essential questions (EQs) help target standards as you organize curriculum content into coherent units that yield focused and thoughtful learning. In the classroom, EQs are used to stimulate students' discussions and promote a deeper understanding of the content.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416615059
• ISBN13: 9781416615057
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: ASCD
• Length: 119 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.6" x 11.0"