As such, we need to plan our questions carefully, by thinking through possible questions which would guide our students towards further investigation and a deeper understanding of the concepts being stressed.
Teachers have largely been asking the wrong questions!
We have been focusing primarily on questions regarding the specific information students possessed rather than questions to promote learning.
Aims of questions
- to test a student's preparation (Find out if students did their homework.)
- to arouse interest (Bring them into the lesson by motivating them.)
- to develop insights (Cause them to see new relationships.)
- to strengthen learning (Review and summarize what is taught.)
- to stimulate critical thinking (Develop a questioning attitude.)
- to test achievement of objectives (Check to see if what has been taught "sank in".)
- Distribute questions among students
- Use several levels of questions (Knowledge [factual,description,probing], Comprehensive, Application, etc)
- Encourage students to give lengthy answers
- Allow students time to think (at least 5 seconds)
- Asked clear, coherent questions
- Encourage student-to-student interaction
- Asked questions that cannot be answered with only a "yes" or "no
- Use probing questions effectively
http://www.utexas.edu/academic/cte/sourcebook/questioning.html
http://www.utexas.edu/academic/cte/sourcebook/form5.pdf
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