Staff & Organization Development

Madison Metropolitan School District

Guidelines for Developing a Question

  1. One that hasn't already been answered

  2. Higher level questions which get at explanations, reasons, relationships.  "How does...?", "What happens when...?"

  3. Not "Yes-No" question

  4. Everyday language; avoid jargon

  5. Not too lengthy; concise; doesn't have to include everything you're thinking

  6. Something manageable; can complete it

  7. Something do-able (in the context of your work)

  8. "Follow your bliss"; want to feel commitment to the question; passion

  9. Keep it close to your own practice; the further away you go, the more work it is

  10. Should have tension; provides you an opportunity to stretch

  11. Meaningful to you; provides you a deeper understanding of the topic

  12. Question leads to other questions

Generated by one Madison Metropolitan School District Action Research Group

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