This book shares instructional practices that educators can use to respond to students' diverse needs as they develop 21st century skills. Choose complex thinking strategies to best help students expand their knowledge and skills, and positively impact students' academic success. Use questioning techniques to build connections between students and their learning by encouraging students to have advanced discussions, collaborate, and take risks in the classroom. Explore example situations, templates, and strategies of quality practices in assessment design to promote students' higher-order thinking skills and deepen their engagement. Benefits: Discover how questioning can promote the traits students need to succeed in college and their careers. Discover instructional practices you can use to respond to students' diverse needs as they develop 21st century skills. Explore how to deconstruct standards and standards-based questions to write quality questions that align with academic expectations. Create a classroom climate that fosters collaboration and constructive discussions with question design that promotes students' higher-order thinking skills and deepens their engagement. Use templates, surveys, and checklists to plan instruction, deconstruct academic standards, assess student engagement, and collect data

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