How to write a Knowledge Question

Definition of a Knowledge Question – A knowledge question is a question about knowledge

rather than focusing in on specific content or situations, it is an open ended question so you
cannot answer it with a simple yes or no, and it is general meaning it is not specific to the
subject.

Examples of a knowledge questions:

 How can a model provide us knowledge about the future?

 To what extent do our biases cloud the truth?
 At what point does a belief become knowledge?

From the Car Crash Activity here is how we might construct a knowledge question.

1. First start with a question or statement you want to understand about the accident.

Example 1: How much is the Attorney for the driver of Car A being paid?
Example 2: What impact did the weather have on this car accident?

2. Cross out all words from each example that have anything to do with the subject.

Example 1: How much is the Attorney for the driver of Car A being paid?
Example 2: What impact did the weather have on this car accident?

3. Rewrite in general terms each example:

Example 1: How much are those with authority getting paid?

Example 2: What may have caused the situation?

4. Rewrite as open-ended questions that are about knowledge; not about the situation.
Here are some possibilities for knowledge questions:

Example 1: To what extent do authority figures influence our understanding?

Example 2: How do we know the truth?
Example 3: Under what circumstances do biases alter the truth?
Example 4: At what point does circumstantial evidence become what we know to be
true?
Example 5: How do we determine the variables that impact an outcome?