In my most recent course we have done a lot of work on questioning and asking good questions. My response below comes from the thinking routine I used to think .. Now I think from Project Zero.
https://pz.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/I%20Used%20to%20Think%20-%20Now%20I%20Think_1.pdf
Resources for questioning that changed my thinking
Factual, Conceptual, Debatable Questions
Characteristics of an essential question according to Jay McTighe:
- open-ended and typically will not have a single, final and correct answer
- thought-provoking and intellectually engaging, often sparking discussion and debate
- calls for higher-order thinking, such as analysis, inference, evaluation and prediction, and cannot be answered by recall alone
- points toward important, transferable ideas in (and sometimes across) disciplines
- raises additional questions and sparks further inquiry
- requires support and justification, not just an answer
- recurs over time; the question can and should be revisited again and again
