Asking Good Questions is about asking the right kind of questions to get the kind of, and amount of, information to further a research project. Sometimes reconsidering a topic along the lines of these seven kinds of questions can 1) help generate an Essential Question and 2) boost a project that has gotten stuck in predictable questions. In the examples below I have used my topic [gourds and papercutting] to practice making questions.
Quantity Question
How many ways might a gourd be decorated with paper?
Reorganization Question
What would happen if paper was made from gourds?
Supposition Question
How would books be different if they were made with gourds and paper?
Viewpoint Question
How would gourd book be interpreted by Gutenberg?
Involvement Question
If you were a secret agent, how would you use gourds and paper?
Forced Association Question
How is a gourd like a book?
Evaluation Question
What is the ultimate value of a message in a gourd?
Going through these questions has led me to wondering if gourds can be a book...a gourd with a message or story inside it? A book's message moves from page to page and IF the gourd is the 'front and back cover' of the message, could it be a book? A gourd book...the combination of gourd and paper.
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