An under-developed task in which students designed a character’s room.
All AboutUpdating Old Questions
As a teacher, I didn't know how to ask questions well! I had basically no training. But I asked hundreds each day. Now, I'm going through my embarrassingly bad old questions and transforming them into something more interesting!
A Math Question That Moves Around on Bloom’s
I was aiming for engagement rather than higher-level thinking.
Updating Old Questions: A Mere Model of a Cell
Why are my best biologists just restating facts we already know?
Going Beyond “Name That Genre!”
What can we do once students correctly identify a story’s genre?
Updating Old Questions: Identify Figurative Language
What do we do after a student can identify the type of figurative language?
Updating Old Questions: The Planets’ Order
Oops! I just asked my students to put the planets in order! Here’s what I could do differently…
Updating Old Questions: Volcano from Two Perspectives
Just because we have two perspectives doesn’t mean we have a great question!
Making Categories of Famous Structures
A task about famous structures that stops at the bottom of Bloom’s.
Updating Old Questions: Context Clues
Most context clue worksheets have incredibly low expectations.
Updating Old Questions: A Congress At School?
Let’s go beyond listing Congress’ powers and consider fairness if a school had a legislative branch.