APLE Bites: Better Questions for Empowered Teams in an Authentic Project Learning Experience
Crafting a better question is like being a journalist. You have to know what your readers want. Journalists use the 5Ws. We, at Project ARC, recommend the 6Ps.
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Introduction
Course Description
Inquiry can begin with several different types of questions to engage teams in an authentic project learning experience (APLE). In this APLE Bites Course, you will distinguish different types of questions and draft an empowering question for an authentic project learning experience (APLE). From here, you will brain write from the 6Ps that empowered teams need to engage in an authentic project learning experience APLE. Additionally, you will apply these 6Ps to draft better questions that differentiate for a range of engaging teamwork. After this one- to two-hour APLE Bite, you’ll have a much better question for your APLE and the teams that will take up this challenge.
Units
Unit 1 Authentic Project Learning Experiences (APLEs) and Inquiry
Authentic Project Learning Experiences (APLEs) are driven by participant inquiry, but they are also a process of inquiry for those who manage them. In this introductory unit, we will frame the challenge and purpose of an authentic project learning experiences using Project ARC's Five Stages of Assessment.
Unit 2 Unit 2: Types of Questions
There are several different types of questions you might use to support inquiry for teams engaging your challenge. In this unit, we'll explore each type of question, consider their design intentions, and evaluate their pros and cons.
Unit 3 6 Ps for Perspective
Many teams struggle with questions or challenges because they don’t include the information necessary to access them. In this unit, you’ll discover the six Ps that should be in every empowering question, and you will generate lists of possibilities that could improve your question.
Unit 4 Minding Your Ps
The questions or challenges we find interesting may not always be those that will empower teams to engage with the work. In this unit, you will analyze and select the most powerful ideas from each of the Ps to write a question empowered learners will want to tackle.
Unit 5 Better Questions
Now that you have a deep list of possible ideas, you are ready to draft a better question. In this unit, you’ll apply the Ps you identified in Unit 4 to draft better questions.