Effective questioning for ps

Questions to Help
Launch the Problem

Can you describe the problem in
your own words?
What do you want to find out?
What are the important facts in
the problem?
Is there anything in the problem
you do not understand?
What questions do you still
have?
Is there anything else you need
to know?
What materials can you use to
get started?
Which strategies will you use?
How will you record your
work?

Questions to Differentiate
Instruction While Students Explore
the Problem
To assess student progress, ask:
 What have you done so far?
 Explain how you are organizing your work.
 What strategies have you used? Explain how you have used
them.
 Does your answer seem reasonable?
 Do you see a pattern? Can you describe the pattern?
 Have you accounted for all possibilities? How can you be
sure?
 Can anyone explain it another way?

To help students who are struggling:
 Describe the problem to me in your own words.
 Are there any words you don’t understand?
 What questions are you trying to answer?
 What strategies have you tried so far?
 Can you make a table? Draw a picture? Act it out?
 Have you solved a similar problem?
 Can you make the numbers easier?
 Are there other material you can use to help you?
 What ideas have we learned that may be helpful to you?

To help student identify any important information they may
have overlooked, ask questions that are specific to the
problem:
 Is there another step you may need to start with?
 Does your solution make sense? How can you convince me?

Questions to Differentiate
Instruction While Students Explore
the Problem
To challenge students who have successfully solved
the
problem ask:

 Will your strategy always work?
 Can you find other solutions?
 Is there another way to solve the problem?
 What would happen if…?
 What patterns did you see? Can you extend the pattern for
x cases?
 What if you stared with a different number?
 What other problems have we solved that are like this
one?
 Can you explain your work to the class?

Questions to Ask During the
Summarize Phase of the Problem
Solving
 Why did you decide to do that step? What did you learn
from it?
 Do you agree with what ___________ did? Why or Why not?
 Did anyone get a different answer? If so, who is correct?
Can you justify your reasoning?
 Did anyone solve the problem a different way? Can you
describe your work?
 Who can restate what ___________ just said?
 Will this method always work? Can you find a situation
where is will not work?

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