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Effective Questioning

Effective Questioning. What is effective questioning? How might it improve my practice?. Teaching by Asking Instead of by Telling. Asking questions to drive a lesson is an old and established teaching method

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Effective Questioning

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  1. Effective Questioning • What is effective questioning? • How might it improve my practice? By CThompson

  2. Teaching by Asking Instead of by Telling • Asking questions to drive a lesson is an old and established teaching method • It is more commonly known as the ‘Socratic Method’ - Teaching by Asking Instead of by Telling • This method uses questioning to drive the dynamics of a lesson By C Thompson

  3. Effective questioning is there to: • to stimulate thinking • assess student progress • check on teacher clarity • motivate students to pay attention • maintain classroom control • provide repetition • emphasize key points By C Thompson

  4. Questioning Skills- presenting questions • For this the teacher needs to: • Recognise what they want students to discover from the question asked • State the question to everyone and not someone in particular • After the question has been asked in general then and only then specifying someone By C Thompson

  5. Questioning Skills- probing questions • If a student doesn’t know the full answer ‘tease-out’- probe until you uncover what they do know – this is rewarding for everyone • It also allows for the question to be broken down by the students – this is effective analysis • Probing necessitates patience on the part of the teacher and student. But it facilitates thinking and analysis By C Thompson

  6. Questioning Skills- shifting interaction • Shifting interaction is where after the initial question has been asked the teacher allows the students to interact between each other • So if after probing a student knowledge runs dry, reward the student then encourage another student to answer the question • Such a process might facilitate students coming back to the teacher with a question! By C Thompson

  7. Conclusions • Questioning is a means of getting feedback to evaluate student progress • It increases student learning • It is a way to force students to think during class • It increases the opportunity for whole class interaction • By Teaching by Asking Instead of by Telling By C Thompson

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