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| Currency | |
| Authority | |
| Accuracy | |
| Objectivity | |
| Coverage |
| Action Item #1 | |
| Who is our school media specialist/librarian?
Who is the local children's librarian? What resources are available? How can we work together? |
| Question Type | Example |
| Essential Question | central to our lives; touch our hearts |
| Hypothetical Question | explore possibilities; what might happen if? |
| Strategic Question | focus on ways to make meaning; answer "next step" question |
| Inventive Question | "distort, modify, adjust, rearrange, alter,
twist and turn the bits and pieces we
have picked up along the way until we can shourt 'AHA!' and proclaim the discovery of something new." J. McKenzie, p. 28 |
| Irrevelant Question | out of the area in which we are working; brings nothing to the topic |
| Telling Question | focuses the investigation, narrows topic |
| Divergent Question | those that may be parallel to what we're working on, but outside the scope |
| Clarification Question | defining words and concepts |
| Planning Question | focus on how the work will be done |
| Probing Question | go below the surface |
| Sorting and Sifting Question | evaluative; allows sifting of the data/information |
| Elaborating Question | extend and stretch thinking about what is being found |
| Unanswerable Question | show the boundaries of the work |
| Provocative Question | challenge conventional wisdom |
| Irreverent Question | farther outside the scope; may be disrepectful or impolite |
Izzy, Joel Ben. The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, NC, 2003.