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Tag: questioning strategies
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Harnessing the power of questioning to frame your lessons and your activities
The pursuit of knowledge is built on the asking of questions. The development of understanding, the expression of beauty and the search for meaning are predicated on questions. Questions formulate…
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Five of the most effective ways to encourage responses from any and every learner you teach
In the classroom you can find yourself in the frustrating position of asking a question and getting no response (and the question is not meant to be rhetorical!). The situation…
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What is a question? Part 1
Research suggests teachers ask approximately 58,000 questions a year. That’s a huge amount of questions. And a huge range of opportunities for teachers to get learners thinking, doing and reflecting.…
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What is a question? Part 3
Having considered what questions are we can now take a step from the general to the specific and look at what implications our analysis holds for classroom practice. To make…
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What is a question? Part 2
Let us make a brief diversion to the courtroom. When a barrister examines or cross-examines a witness, the content of their questions is important. It is this which determines which…
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How does ‘wait time’ change the impact of every question you ask, creating better answers in any lesson?
In many situations, teachers encourage learners to take their time: All these comments are intended to help learners understand that taking a little longer and going a little slower often…