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- 1. ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING Strategic Questioning
- 2. Questioning and assessment for learning Effective questioning enables: identification of student knowledge and abilities selection of the most effective teaching strategies correction of misunderstandings, identification of gaps and opportunities for extension
- 3. How does strategic questioning benefit students? Questioning impacts upon students’ thinking behaviour values.
- 4. Impact on thinking Strategic questioning gives students the opportunity to: recall knowledge deepen their understanding develop new ideas reflect upon their learning.
- 5. Impact of questioning on behaviour Questioning encourages students to: listen actively speak take turns be actively involved with learning.
- 6. Impact of questioning on values Questioning promotes: sharing respect for the views of others tolerance learning as an active communal process.
- 7. Strategic questioning (1) Has a clear purpose Considers the cognitive development of the individual to whom the question is addressed Phrases questions clearly Allows for a genuine response
- 8. Strategic questioning (2) Distribution of questions Allowance for thinking time Posing one question at a time Using prompt questions Fewer and better questions
- 9. Strategic questioning (3) Respond positively Use students’ responses, even wrong ones to: - re-phrase your question - request clarification - request specific examples - request rephrasing Encourage students to ask questions
- 10. Examples of questioning tools Bloom’s taxonomy Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation
- 11. Bloom’s as a questioning tool The framing of questions that pose different cognitive demands: Knowledge and Comprehension are assessed using closed questions. Application, Analysis, Synthesis and Evaluation are assessed using open questions.
- 12. Knowledge questions Who…? What …? When …? Name …
- 13. Comprehension questions Why …? What …? Explain …
- 14. Application questions Where will most of the world’s megacities be located in 2030? How would you improve the safety of Glen Park Primary playground? Using six matches, construct four equilateral triangles. All triangles must have side lengths of one match.
- 15. Analysis questions What factors contributed to European exploration in the 15th century? Why does Macbeth order the murders of Banquo and Fleance? What can we conclude about the way sharks behave when threatened?
- 16. Synthesis questions What improvements would you make to this experiment in order to obtain more accurate results? How would you promote recycling at school? Develop the idea that we should pay for the use of beaches.
- 17. Evaluation questions Can this document be considered a reliable historical resource? Are computer games dangerous for children? Do you think this was an effective speech?
- 18. Other questioning tools De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats Wiederhold’s Question Matrix Thinker’s Keys
Editor's Notes
- #2: Assessment for Learning: Strategic questioning This professional development module is one of five to be found on the Assessment for Learning website: www.curriculum.edu.au/assessment. There are two parts to the module: a datashow presentation, which should come first a workshop. In this module we will explore questioning as an assessment for learning strategy: that is, the use of questions as a tool to provide teachers with information about their students’ knowledge and skills in order to assist planning for future teaching and learning. The module will focus on: the role of questioning in assessment for learning the benefits of questioning to students the qualities of strategic questioning Bloom’s taxonomy as a questioning tool additional questioning strategies. (It is anticipated that the datashow presentation will take between 50 and 60 minutes.)