The document discusses developing students' questioning skills through question mapping. Question mapping involves visually mapping out topics and concepts related to an inquiry topic and generating questions about them. It provides an overview of a topic to help students ask divergent and convergent questions. An example is provided where a student maps concepts related to plants like photosynthesis, sunlight, and nutrients and generates "why," "how," and "which" questions about them to focus their inquiry.

1. Questioning Our Most Powerful Technology An insight into developing students into powerful questioners; paving the way to authentic inquiry learning

2. Better Questioning Michael Pohl says it is ‘at the heart of all good thinking’ and ‘that questions and questioning are our most important technologies’ ‘ To think is to question’

3. Question Mapping What is it? Visual summary and conceptual overview of an inquiry topic/issue Why is it Effective? simple way to help you create questions Questions stem from your own interests Requires divergent and convergent thinking Filtering device

4. Plants

5. Plants Photosynthesis Sunlight Organic Stamens Nutrients Seasons Chlorophyll Flowers

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9. Cross out the questions that you can already answer (be sure you can do this thoroughly !). Record the questions that remain on your map onto your ‘Questioning through a Concept Lens’ page, showing your ability to identify which concept you are using in asking that question Identify any concept that you have not generated questions for and do so  Let your inquiry begin... Next Step...