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ERIC Number: EJ316049
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Helping Students Ask Their Own Questions.
Hunkins, Francis P.
Social Education, v49 n4 p293-96 Apr 1985
Involving students in the planning, use, and assessment of their own questions can help them realize that they can control the direction of their own learning. A sample lesson involving a class of middle school students in a study of Canadian culture and national unity is presented. (RM)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Inquiry, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Metacognition, Middle Schools, Questioning Techniques, Skill Development, Social Studies, Student Developed Materials, Student Participation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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