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Asking Smart Questions to Sustain a Discussion

Asking Smart Questions to Sustain a Discussion. Sources: http://faculty.gvc.edu/ssnyder/121/Goodquestions.html. Avoid the YES/NO. If you want your audience to go into detail in their responses, you need to phrase your question to avoid simple yes/no responses

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Asking Smart Questions to Sustain a Discussion

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  1. Asking Smart Questions to Sustain a Discussion Sources: http://faculty.gvc.edu/ssnyder/121/Goodquestions.html

  2. Avoid the YES/NO • If you want your audience to go into detail in their responses, you need to phrase your question to avoid simple yes/no responses • If possible, phrase your question keeping the response in mind – in other words, work backwards: you want a particular response...how do you phrase the question to get what you are looking for?

  3. Getting the right answer: You just got off a late night flight into Toronto and you drank too much water. You spot an employee. Which of the following questions would give you the most effective and efficient answer? • Hey, does Toronto even bother to put restrooms in the airport? • Um, restroom? • Do you know where a restroom is? • Excuse me, where is the nearest restroom?

  4. Creating Efficient Answers • Clearly, question #4 would provide you the most informative and direct answer • This question possesses four components required of an effective question: • Clarity of purpose (you know what you want to know) • Proper question framing (focuses on one issue) • Sincerity (asking for a straightforward response) • Respect (if you are rude or disrespectful you won’t get an honest answer)

  5. Doing some research • Constructing an effective question requires doing research into the topic so that the question reflects a deeper understanding of the topic

  6. Structuring Your Question • Question Structured Response (QSR) is based on the premise that there are four levels of questions one could ask: • LOCATE  What colour is the ball? (“Right there”) • CYCLE  What are the names of the boys in the class? (“Right there repeater”) • INTEGRATE  What is the main idea of the text? (Take different components of the text to reach a conclusion) • GENERATE  How is this text connected to society? (Bring in outside knowledge)

  7. Sustaining a Discussion • In your seminar, you will be required to lead and sustain a discussion about your book with the class • The next two sheets will help you to generate a number of questions as you read the book in preparation for the seminar • Be sure to “test” out the variety of responses you could get to ensure it is effectively constructed • Have follow-up questions to dig deeper and get the responses you are looking for • Be prepared to do some thinking on your feet!

  8. The Q-Chart

  9. The Discussion Director

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