Leverage the curiosity in your classroom through the use of ten high-impact Question Routines

Trevor MacKenzie’s fourth publication targets the landscape of questioning in the inquiry classroom as he provides a series of Question Routines, each designed to help students (and teachers) sort, organize, and justify their questions in order to help shape learning experiences. In Inquiry Mindset Questions Edition, MacKenzie outlines the 8 Benefits of Question Routines, Question Misconceptions, Provocations, and how to co-design to help build question competency in our students.

Helping learners learn to formulate, communicate, reflect on, and modify their questions has long been a central focus of an inquiry-based approach. Trevor MacKenzie’s latest book is a practical and accessible text for teachers interested in growing their repertoire of approaches to support questioning, regardless of the subject area or grade level – there is something here for everyone. In an increasingly complex, demanding and uncertain global climate, the skill of asking thoughtful, critical, probing questions is more important than ever. Our classrooms must be places that nurture curiosity and advocate for independent thinking. Trevor’s timely contribution will be a welcome addition to any teacher’s professional library!

Kath Murdoch
Author: The Power of Inquiry; Getting Personal with Inquiry Learning; From Agency to Zest.

If you have wanted to implement inquiry in your classroom, or have been frustrated by previous attempts to do so, then Inquiry Mindset Questions Edition is for you. In this book, Trevor MacKenzie gives us the tools to help students generate and sort their questions in ways that thread the needle between authentic curiosity and curricular goals. Rooted in stories and examples of real classrooms, the collection of inquiry routines in this book will empower students to answer the most important questions in the classroom - the questions they, themselves, have asked.

Peter Liljedahl
Author. Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics

Passion and wonder are contagious. When we teachers ask authentic questions, modeling our own curiosity, kids can’t help but catch it. Asking questions is central to inquiry. In Inquiry Mindset: Questions Edition, Trevor MacKenzie cracks open and shares an array of Question Routines which nudge kids to grow and diversify their questioning repertoire, allowing them to ask deeper, more expansive questions. Curiosity is the beating heart of inquiry. The Question Routines described here will support kids to stay engaged in their inquiries, discover new information, and learn a lot as they go. Happy reading!

Stephanie Harvey
Author, Comprehension and Collaboration; Strategies That Work; From Striving to Thriving.

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