In the Wikipedia article about inquiry Education, there is the following dictum:
- [Teachers] talk to students mostly by questioning, and especially by asking divergent questions.
- They do not accept short, simple answers to questions.
This institute appears to take Postman's procedure one step farther.
a straightforward, rigorous process that helps all students learn how to produce their own questions, improve their questions, and strategize on how to use their questions.
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Can we discuss this without writing "metacognitive"? Can we use words that my grandmother might also use?
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