The phrase "a guiding question" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a question that helps direct inquiry or focus discussion on a specific topic.
Example: "In our discussion about climate change, a guiding question could be, 'What are the most effective strategies for reducing carbon emissions?'"
Alternatives: "a leading question" or "a directional question".
A guiding question, he says, is "how can we make more of that stuff happen to you?" I've been thinking about this stuff for a while and it seems that Foursquare is part of an over-arching trend towards 'proactive personal computing'.
This is the time when the world leadership of the big and the rich, the USA included, are being put to the test, with a guiding question: What will prevail at the end -- our empathy and respect for the sanctity and dignity of human life and freedom, or our self-centered interests measured by the barrels of oil?
"Could that have happened here?" is a guiding question to ask in doing this.
With a teacher-developed guiding question, however, this simple software tool can be turned into an excellent first step toward independent inquiry in the domain of gel electrophoresis.
This approach to politics – framing the problem with one guiding question – is a noble tradition that has sadly gone into decline.
Using a predetermined virtual laboratory students determines either the method of data collection (search), the method of data analysis (evaluation), or the way to provide an explanation (reason) to the guiding question.
Using a predetermined virtual laboratory students determine more than one: the method of data collection (search), the method of data analysis (evaluation), the way to provide an explanation (reason) to the guiding question.
This judgement can be interpreted as an answer to the first guiding question about the existing empirical evidence for the impact of gamification on motivational processes and effectiveness of learning.
National partners performed key-informant interviews, based on a few guiding questions which allowed respondents to flexibly raise new issues and hypotheses.
A few guiding questions can be helping in getting started, but it's up to you to find the answers.
As a class, create a list of guiding questions to ask when reading any article – news, opinion or a mix – to help differentiate fact from opinion.
