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Workshop 3. Questioning strategies. In your table-groups, choose a topic. Individually, write down all the questions you can think of to ask about this topic. Write questions on individual Post-Its. You will have 5 minutes for this.
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In your table-groups, choose a topic. • Individually, write down all the questions you can think of to ask about this topic. Write questions on individual Post-Its. You will have 5 minutes for this. • When you have finished, analyze the group’s questions and put them into categories. Classifying Questions
Why Ask Questions? Develop interest and motivate Participants
Why Ask Questions? Evaluate
Why Ask Questions? Review and summarize
Why Ask Questions? Assess achievement
Why Ask Questions? Stimulate participants to pursue knowledge
Why Ask Questions? Develop critical thinking skills and inquiring attitudes
Things That Make You say Hmmm . . . For the following questions, we need one fast comment..
Things That Make You say Hmmm . . . If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
Things That Make You say Hmmm . . . Can you get cornered in a round room?
Things That Make You say Hmmm . . . Wouldn't it be smart to make the sticky stuff on envelopes taste like chocolate?
Why are the commercials for cable companies on cable but not on regular television? Don't they want the people without cable to buy the cable? Things That Make You say Hmmm . . .
Have you ever noticed that if you rearranged the letters in mother in law, they come out to Woman Hitler? Things That Make You say Hmmm . . .
Things That Make You say Hmmm . . . Why is it that when things get wet they get darker, even though water is clear?
Things That Make You say Hmmm . . . Why is the 0 on a phone after 1 and not before 1?
Things That Make You say Hmmm . . . If mars had earthquakes would they be called “marsquakes”?
Three questions to consider: • What kinds of questions do you ask? • Who asks and who answers questions • in your classroom? • How engaged are your students? Building Your Capacity to Question
One minute to think… What are … Discussion Types & Purposes 1. Recitation 2. Discussion
Increasing engagement Make time for questions
Increasing engagement Wait for participants to formulate and answer questions
Increasing engagement Make it easy for participants to ask questions Not in evaluation manner
Increasing engagement Call on participants randomly
Increasing engagement Respond to participant answers in a non-evaluative manner
Increasing engagement Value all responses
Increasing engagement Ask “follow-ups” Why? Do you agree? Give an example.
Increasing engagement Plan some questions as you prepare your lessons
Increasing engagement Ask clear, specific questions that require more than a yes or no answer
Increasing engagement Ask questions from all levels and types
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