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What can we learn from students’ questions?

The above questions were posed for discussion by a racially integrated class of second-grade students after hearing the book, Harriet Tubman: They Called Me Moses (Meyer & Kerstetter, 1988). Instead of responding to questions from the teacher, these children were encouraged to "set the agenda" during storybook discussions by raising their own questions. A student-centered approach to questioning is consistent with Dewey's (1944) recommendation that "genuine" as opposed to "simulated" problems be at the center of our educational efforts to foster

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