According to the article, Three Ways to Ask Better Questions In the Classroom, there are three ways to ask better questions. The first way is to prepare questions. When questions are not prepared for the student, the questions you end up asking are not clear. You can end up asking a bag full of mixed questions and that causes the student to be confused on what you are asking. The second thing is to play with questions. Playing with the question means having it unanswered for a while and using different strategies that encourage students to think about it. The last thing is Preserve Good Questions. Good questions can be kept for a later time in the class.
The video Asking better questions in the classroom states that there are two types of questions. The first one that is talked about is called close ended questions. Close-ended questions only cause for an one word response. They do not call for the student to really think about the question and how they are answering. The next type of question is an open-ended question. This question calls for the student to really think about the question and to think about how they are answering. Open-ended question require more than just one word. Asking these kind of questions is a trait to be an effective teacher.
Candace,
ReplyDeleteGreat post and very well organized. I also believe that teachers should always prepare their questions. Prepared questions are important to make sure that questions asked in class are clear and precise. I also think it is important to play with questions. Playing with questions and leaving questions unanswered encourages critical thinking and discussion. It is also important for us to preserve good questions. As teachers, it is important to ask a variety of different types of questions. Closed-ended questions should be ask when wanting a specific response, and open-ended questions should be asked when wanting to encourage discussion.
Great post :)
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