This article talks all about driving quetions and how to relate those questions to students' lives so they will be interested in answering the quetion! (Okay, okay, I may have cheated and read the introduction to figure that out. Besides, in my stomach virus loopiness I could not for the life of me figure out what the title of the article even meant... I get it now!!)
What I know about driving questions:
I know that a driving question is the basis on which this lesson will come from. Each problem or project should stem from a driving question that is relevant to the students' lives in some way. The students need to find it interesting so that it drives them to find the answer. Examples being "what dog food is better for your dog", "at speed does your bat meed to be going to hit an over-the-fence homerun?", "what is in your water/toothpaste/drink/etc?" ... those are just a few examples of what a driving question could look like.
What I want to know about driving questions:
Well, the article seems to just talk about science (that's what I gathered from the intro) sooooooo, what are some interesting math driving questions? Are probing questions a type of driving question? What about driving questions actually clicks with students snd makes them want to know more? How detailed should/can a driving question get?
What I learned about driving questions:
A driving question is a well designed question that is elaborated, explored, and answered by students and teachers. Driving questions are suppose to be relevant to students' lives and give them a reason to want to know the answer. There are 5 key features of driving questions: (1) feasibility (2) worth (3) contextualization (4) meaning (5) ethical. I can say I wasn't as interested in this article because it was about driving questions in science, which I think os really easy to obtain.... give me DQs in math please!!!
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