By Pieces of Learning’s Staff Development Presenter
Carolyn Coil
The Questivities™ (Questioning
Activities) format consists of an interdisciplinary Project
Activity and a series of Thinking Questions that stimulate creative
and critical thinking and give practice in research skills. Students who answer
the Questivities™ Thinking Questions before doing the Project Activity
create projects that reflect higher levels of thinking, more creativity, and
more evidence of research.
Questivities™ incorporate Learning Modalities, Learning Styles, Bloom's
Taxonomy , and Multiple Intelligences. Questivities™ are written on a
user-friendly one page form. The form has the following elements:
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Project Activity that provides the focus for
the Questivities™
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Learning Modality
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Learning Style
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Bloom's Taxonomy Level
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Multiple Intelligences
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Assessment (Mini-Rubric and/or Criteria
Card) for the Project Activity
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Questivities™ Thinking Questions
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Active Question
Components: Each packet of Questivities™ contains 12
completed Questivities™ correlated to national science/social studies
standards plus 14 Project Activity Starters you can use to write
your own. The Individualized Lesson Plan (ILP™) accommodates all
learning styles and modalities and provides for a variety of student choices
within the unit of study. The Assessment Criteria is a checklist
for formative assessment, provides accountable, tangible criteria against which
all types of products can be graded and evaluated, and helps explain and
interpret project grades to parents and students. The Project Question
focuses on the essential question(s) answered through doing the project
activities. The Questivities™ Thinking Questions are starter
questions. They will motivate students to brainstorm or research answers and
think more deeply about the project activity. The Active Question
promotes thinking skills. Students choose the activities they would like to do.
The Criteria Cards are short, easily understandable lists
of criteria that need to be included in a completed product or performance.
$14.95 each - ready-to-use reproducible sheets
Sample Pages from the book. (In .pdf Form)
Sample Pages from the book. (In .pdf Form)
Sample Pages from the book. (In .pdf Form)
$14.95 each
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