11B Strong College- Level Questions

In Inquiry we are learning how to come up with strong college level questions.  Not only are we learning how to think of college level questions but we are also learning about how to answer these questions and how to incorporate good example in our answers.  After reading through the questions that my peers submitted, I came across some good college level questions.  The first example of a strong college level question was in Stephanie's blog (http://stepphhr7.blogspot.com/). Her question was "what are ways we can promote creativity? Why are these important looking towards the future?" This is a very high level thinking question.  After reading it, it really made me stop and think for a minute.  And that is what college level questions should make you do.  Stephanie also does a very good job at answering this question.  She goes very in depth and gives good examples from the readings.  She also answers all parts of the question which is very important when you are answering a question.  Overall, Stephanie came up with a very strong question and did an awesome job at answering it.

Another question that I thought was very strong was from Samantha's blog (http://samanthamonaco.blogspot.com/2013/11/11a-its-college-now-what-questions-are.html).  Her question was "Most people believe that there are only benefits from making a task easier. The author Ian Leslie of "Creativity, Education, and the Gift of Stress" explains his take on this matter. What was his take? How did the advent of the home computer affect young poetry in the example provided?"  This question sounds just like a question that we would get on an inquiry quiz based on the readings.  Samantha first lists the author and title of the article and then states the question.  This is a very specific question and it really makes you think back about what we read in the article.  Samantha's answer was very well written because she has a very clear thesis, explanation, and closing point.

After this weeks exercises in anticipating and answering questions  I learned what strong college level questions really look like.  Coming up with stronger questions will help when preparing for a test.  When studying, if you ask yourself these kinds of questions you will understand what you are studying a lot better.  And when you see these types of questions on tests you will be a lot better at answering them.