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Convergent and Divergent Questions(Adapted by Valerie Bush from http://home.okstate.edu/homepages.nsf/toc/EDUC5910iep0)

Convergent Questions Divergent Questions

Focus on finding andlearning THE right

answers

Lead uestioners to disco!ertheir own answers

Are documented by an

authority

E"pose student ideas and

de!elop a foundation for

research# build personal

in!estment in finding answers

Lead to an agreement $ommon lead to disagreementon an answer% and may lead to

clarification of issues orfurther

uestions

Are fact based Arise from imagination and

curiosity

&o not reuire originality 'euire and encourage

originality

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