Effective questioning
- 2. Effective QuestioningBIG Question! What is a facilitator?
- 3. Effective QuestioningWhy is it so important? stimulates interest in the subject finds out what your students know finds out what your students don’t know allows the teacher to modify the lesson
- 4. Bloom’s TaxonomyTypes of questions include:KnowledgeComprehensionApplicationAnalysisSynthesisEvaluation
- 5. Bloom’s TaxonomyKnowledge questions dealing with… remembering memorizing recognizing recalling information recalling identification
- 6. Bloom’s TaxonomyComprehension questions dealing with… interpreting describing in one’s own words organization and selection of facts/ideas re-tell
- 7. Bloom’s TaxonomyApplication questions dealing with… problem solving applying information use of rules or principles How is…? Why is…?
- 8. Bloom’s TaxonomyAnalysis questions dealing with… identify the motives separate the whole into component parts classify parts according to… outline/diagram & compare/contrast
- 9. Bloom’s TaxonomySynthesis questions dealing with… inferences or predictions adding to what was given combining ideas… finding solutions…
- 10. Bloom’s TaxonomyEvaluation questions dealing with… placing in order of priority deciding what actions to take choosing criteria for assessing agree or disagree with a premise
- 11. Effective Questioning TechniquesEstablish an appropriate environmentStudents should feel safe answering questions Pose questions in a non-threatening way Be aware of your facial expressions and tone of voice when responding to students Use pre-planned and emerging questions Mix the types of questions employed
- 12. Effective Questioning TechniquesPhrase questions carefully and concisely and avoid trick questions Select volunteers and non-volunteers to answer questions Adapt questions to the needs of the learner Give students time to think about questions and answers before moving on Respond to answers given by students
- 14. Effective QuestioningWhat is dialog? Everything that the teacher says/communicates and everything that the student says/communicates.
- 15. Effective Questioning Why is dialog important? It allows the teacher insight into what the student knows, what she does not know, and what she partly knows.
- 16. Effective Dialog Effective Dialog means that the teacher has created an environment in which she is asking and receiving questions that allow the student to think and move towards greater knowledge.
- 17. Effective QuestioningMy favorite take-aways from the video…. - Give students time to think about questions - No Hands - White Boards - Instead of giving rewards for correct answers, give rewards for interesting answers.
- 18. Effective QuestioningWhat is a facilitator?
- 19. Effective QuestioningReferenceswww.teachers.tv/video/566http://www.uab.edu/uasomume/cdm/questioning.htm, “Teaching Tips, Effective Questioning”, Office of Educational Technology.
- 20. Effective QuestioningTHE ENDDid you hear that they found a warehouse full of rulers, compasses, calculators and protractors in Bagdad? Everyone in the White House was so excited. They had finally found evidence of weapons of math instruction.