Questioning
Asking better questions affords students an opportunity for deeper thinking and provides teachers with significant insight into the degree and depth of student understanding. Questions of this nature engage students in classroom dialogue that expands student learning. Questions should go beyond the typical factual questions requiring recall of facts or numbers. Paul Black, a noted authority on formative assessment, suggests that "more effort has to be spent in framing questions that are worth asking: that is, questions which explore issues that are critical to the development of students' understanding." (Black et al., 2003)
Links for Questioning:
Text-Dependent Questions
http://secondaryreading.pds-hrd.wikispaces.net/Ask+text-dependent+questions
Tips for Teachers - Asking Good Questions
http://www.edb.utexas.edu/minliu/pbl/TIPS/question.html#hots
Questioning Techniques: Research-Based Strategies for Teachers
http://onramp.nsdl.org/eserv/onramp:1244/oct08_pl_tas.html
Edutopia: The Right Way to Ask Questions in the Classroom
http://www.edutopia.org/asking-students-good-questions
Inviting Student Engagement with Questioning
http://www.redorbit.com/news/education/258931/inviting_student_engagement_with_questioning/
Using "Think Time" and "Wait Time" Skillfully in the Classroom
http://www.ericdigests.org/1995-1/think.htm
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