up to how many questions do you think teachers ask a day?
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Up to how many questions do you think teachers ask
a day?
400 questions! That is up to
70,000 a year.
Theodora WilmotHistory CL and SLE
• They set up intrigue
• They give students a sense of ownership
• They can drive or scaffold your lesson towards your objectives
• They can enable students to access higher thinking
• They can fuel creativity and critical thinking
• They are a great way to give feedback from written work to develop work further
• They are a useful way of assessing prior knowledge and understanding
• They can take you further away from your objectives
• They can confuse students
• They can put you on the spot
• They can stop the pace of a lesson
• They can make students feel uncomfortable
So how do we make sure that we ask the
right questions, in the right way, so as to get
the right results?
Lollipop sticks
Random name generator
Table discussion, then spokesman feedback
30 seconds thinking time
THINK PAIR SHARE
Listen and expand
Bounce the question on
Student teacher
Backwards questioning
What would you like to know?
Probe deeper
Thunks
Know your class to guide your questioning
Plan your questions so as to ensure your objectives are
reached
Blooms posters as prompts
http://www.classtools.net/
http://www.slideshare.net/year5thepines/thunks-9947392
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THINK PAIR SHARE