HI Seth - Welcome to ED 103! I really like the technique you describe. As you say, it takes the burden off of the individual student but also opens the topic to everyones' creativity! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career! Susan
Hi Tom - Getting your students talking about their own experiences is always a winner! Even the shyest ones will likely get involved. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career! Susan
I like to get students started by tell a story about my own experience. Then I ask them to tell about theirs. There's always someone who will get us started. The rest offer stories of their own after that.
I like to get the students to work in small groups at the beginning of or introduction to a new topic or chapter. I present the question, "If you were Noah Webster (of the Webster's Dictionary fame) what would be your definition of ____________." I ask the students to agree on one definition and then to defend and present it to the larger group. This takes the burden off of the individual while still getting the whole group to consider the same question. I feel it also helps to remove the stress of presenting the wrong answer and this encourages more individuals to participate.
Hi Jon - Welcome to ED 103! Once your students understand that they will be asked questions about their homework reading assignments they are much more likely to do the reading! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
I tend to do questioning after a homework reading assignment to judge the absorbtion of the reading material. The questions are straight
forward and sequential leading to a point or conclusion.
Having read the assignment the student has an edge about the correct answer. For people who may have had trouble with the reading, the sequential questioning shows a thought process leading to the right answer.
Open-ended questions...what if scenarios
