questioning technique
Becasue the majority of IT certifications are in umltiple choice questions it is one I use to get them into a condition for sitting for the certs exams
However, newly developed cert exams are using simulation models for quesitons and answers a simulation problem is thrown at the student with the requiremnt of fixing the problem and a number of points are awarded to the answer
so exams require an 801of1000 to pass at 798 of 1000 a failure is announced with a retake at another time
Class rules During a discussion:
My students are not allowed to say ‘I don’t know’ when asked a question.
My students are not required to know, but you are expected to think.
My students can guess,speculate and wonder aloud on based of the knowledge gained during even first hours of my class. There is no little knowledge its always 100% your 100%, like nerves system - all or nothing.
My Strategy
*Keep class roster handy during discussion sessions and mark who speaks and who does not.
*Ask those students who do not participate enough to "help me out" by speaking more in class.
*Sitting down among my students and look at them across an even plane No talking down to student - because there is a "fight or flight" mechanism that kicks in from our brain when we have to stand up to what is coming at us.
Offer help in form of question
* "Guess What I’m Thinking" Question lets attempt a mind reading attitude.
*"What should Student X have done to improve his/her focus?" asks for students input.
* Don't you think...? Rhetorical Question—in which questions allow me to push my interpretations and ideas on my students while
* The Information Retrieval Question—in which students are asked to simply look in the text at hand, find specific, concrete information, and bring it back to the teacher.
Stop discussion:
* "Do you think ....?" or "Wouldn’t you agree ...?" ask students to engage in nothing more than simple Yes/No, which stops a discussion dead.
Teaching It myself, I agree completely. I think if there's a certification test in the future for a given subject, its a good idea to test in the classroom similar to what's going to be used on the certification examination.
I think it is a great idea to use a format that is similar to any certification tests that the student might take in the profession
