The value of asking questions

The value of asking questions

Science begins by asking questions and then seeking answers. Young children understand this intuitively as they explore and try to make sense of their surroundings. However, science education focuses upon the end game of "facts" rather than the exploratory root of the scientific process. Encouraging questioning helps to bring the true spirit of science into our educational system, and the art o...

Asking the Right Questions

• • Appreciate the importance of a clear and focused research question • • To be able to use criteria such as PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) to frame an answerable question • • Understand the need for primary and secondary questions and the process of refinement • • To understand what a hypothesis is and how it differs from the aims and objectives of a study • • Be aware o...

Asking the Right Questions

Lynn Arthur Steen Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science St. Olaf College [email protected] Assessment is about asking and answering questions. For students, “how am I doing?” is the focus of socalled “formative” assessment, while “what’s my grade?” often seems to be the only goal of “summative” assessment. For faculty, “how’s it going?” is the hallmark of within-course asse...

Asking Questions about Asking Questions in Collaborative Enterprise Modelling

In this paper we explore the subject of question asking as an inherent driver of enterprise modelling sessions, within the narrower context of the ‘dialogue game’ approach to collaborative modelling. We explain the context, but mostly report on matters directly concerning question asking and answer pre-structuring as a central issue in an ongoing effort aiming for the practiceoriented developme...

Diabetes--asking the right questions.