I TRY TO HAVE THEM RELATE TO A CURRENT TOPIC.
Hi Ibrahim - Thanks for sharing some excellent examples of good teaching!! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
Here are a few simple strategies i do to get students to respond to questions or participate more
1. give students a clue regarding the kind of response that i am expecting
2. give students a minute to write their thoughts before anyone is called upon
3. break students into small groups to discuss the answer, then bring them back to the whole group
4. arrive early to class and chat with my students informally.
5. use non verbal means to invite people to participate ( sit close to students, make eye contact with them individually, move around the room, or sit in different locations).
Hi Bobbet- Thanks for your post to the forum. Students do love to learn by playing games. Actually, I enjoy them as well! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
Discuss before lecture about writing down questions
Divide students in groups and have jeopardy game or Challenge competition
I used real world situation to illustrate my lesson. I used the reward approah
Hi Serena - Thanks for your post to the forum. You shared some great questioning ideas! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
Hi Geri - Thanks for your post to the foum. The most effective questions are indeed open-ended. They evoke synthesis, analysis and of course - discussion! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
I like to use the Who, what and why? approach.
I give an example and the questions the "why" of the example. I then follow-up with a "did everyone observe, see, think that . . ."?
If a class discussion is created then I can go even further with "what would happen IF. . .? or
"what do you think would happen. . .?
I find students do not like the "feely"-type of questions. When a video or movie is showed quite a few students do not like "what made you react", how did you feel when . . " When it is not a question that there is a "real" anser they seem quite hesitant to tackle the issue. Well studetns also need to interpret and defend their beliefs also
Open-ended questions gives the students the opportunity to participate in the discussion. The learning experience is a two way street.
Susan,
Thank you for the response.
Hi Terry - Thanks for your post to the forum. That's a good strategy to get your students to relate to you. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
Hi Paul - Thanks for your post to the forum. You are definitely on the right track with your questioning strategy! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
I have used a focused question asking the "What" and then followed up with a broad question "Why". What I am trying to achieve in this two part question is determining how well my students are synthesizing the material and are able to explain the material.
How well students answer the "Why" allows me to either move onto the next segment or review the covered information with the students ensuring they are understanding the material before we move on.
I find that when i bring up things that I had questions about as a student during lecture, this puts them at ease with opening up about things they need clarity on.
This works well to. It allows interpetation and really lets students think outside the box and use critical thinking skills
Discussion based questions work well in the classrom. I use this technique so each studnet can particapate and this can create a classroom discussion. This is very useful in the classroom.
Hi Paulette- Thanks for your post to the forum. Relating concepts students are learning to current events also demonstrates the relevance of those concepts. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
I use current events that relate to the class topic. Hot items in the media.
