HS4+Questions

Questions 1) What are the properties of quadrilaterals? 2) What critical thinking needs to be applied to the properties of quadrilaterals? 3) Would inductive or deductive reasoning be a better approach to applying the properties? 4) How do the various properties interact in a category of figures? 5) What is it the kids know intuitively about the properties? 6) What properties may have they have already applied? 8) How can we effectively assess critical thinking when it comes to properties?** - Zak 9) Can we motivate the students to engage in critical thinking? 12) What technology is available on the macs? websites, virtual manipulates...** - Larry 13) Are there gender/cultural differences that impact the students perspective? 14) Do the kids have the necessary vocabulary? 15) How do we make them believe that vocabulary matters when discussing quadrilaterals? 16) How do we help them understand that properties overlap? 17) Are there some properties that are more key than others for the students to retain? 18) How do we learn best as educators? 19) What is the incentive for the students to learn it? 20) How does critical thinking about quadrilaterals transfer to them being able to do other tasks? 22) Which properties of quadrilaterals will the students need to know to be successful on the ACT? 23) What is http://p21.org/route21/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=167
 * 7) How do we activate prior knowledge that they may have learned from elementary school? - Zak
 * 10) How do you get the students to understand that they must retain the knowledge for future use? (Why is this relevant to the students?) -** Larry
 * 11) What are strategies that we can use to help students retain the knowledge they have learned about quadrilaterals? - CJ
 * 21) What community resources are available to help motivate the students to learn the properties of quadrilaterals?** - CJ