Gerald Snow

Having been an educator for many years, I have found it useful to pose questions in one of two ways: 1) I may ask the student for their personal thoughts or opinions on a particular topic (which allows them some leeway in answering), and 2) I may ask the student what the book or the lecture states about a particular topic. Students love to give their own opinion and I have found that by asking for that the student feels somewhat more free to give an answer.