Cape May County ETTC

Technology Proficiency Courses

Inquiry Based Learning – Open-Ended Questions

What is an Open-Ended Question?

Open-Ended Questions - www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/assessment/assessment0499.shtm

Characteristics of Open-ended Questions - www.heinemann.com/math/about.cfm

Teaching Strategies and Open-Ended Questions - www.jhu.edu/gifted/teaching/strategies/analysis/openendedquestions.htm

How to Use Rubrics for Open-Ended Questions (OEQ)

Constructing Rubrics for OEQ workshop notes - www.foundationcoalition.org/powerpoints/2002rubriccaso.ppt

Using a rubric to Score OEQ - www.heinemann.com/math/rubric.cfm

Very general problem and rubric - pals.sri.com/tasks/9-12/KeepItHot/rubric.html

Examples

Characteristics of Open-Ended Questions - www.heinemann.com/math/about.cfm and www.heinemann.com/math/reasons.cfm

Open-Ended Assessment in Math - www.harbourlight.com/open_math/

Open-Ended Activities (list – middle school and some secondary topics) - www.nku.edu/~mathed/mori.html

Open-Ended Math Problems from Franklin Institute - www.fi.edu/school/math2/index.html

Using Rubrics for the Science Classroom - www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1993/rubrics/teresa/rubrics.htm

Making lab activities more open-ended - www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/workshops/lab_activities.html

Oral History Guidelines (OEQ examples) - www.aana.com/archives/society/oh_guidelines.asp