The most helpful tip you get from the questioning sessions is where are you students on that particular subject. It makes your planning for the remainder of the lesson so much easier if you have an idea where you students stand before the lesson begins.
I have not used this as a method to teach. I need to develop the Socratic Method as we have our conferences before and after the students' clinical experiences. Also during the clinical experience students have asked me questions and I am too quick to give my answer. I need to think more about having them to try to think through the question and possibly supply part of the answer with appropriate support from me. Thanks.
A session of questions can help you to locate the points that are unclear or understood by students and then we'll know what topics we have to reinforce.
Questioning sessions can be used to stimulate the students thinking. I find that if you ask a good question the student will become engaged in the class especially during disscussions involving case studies.
Hi Albert - Thanks for your post to the forum. Absolutely, questioning can give us immediate feedback that will drive the reat of a lecture!
Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
Questioning sessions can be used as a very valuable learning tool because they can give immediate feedback of students understanding of content.
It's a great measuring tool for students understanding of the material and for instructors to evaluate the delivery effectiveness of their lessons.
Hi Vincent, I also come up with questions that pertain to the diagrams on my powerpoints, since I use many diagrams/pictures in every lecture. Another thing I do is have the student who answered my question to come up with their own question relating to the slide and have them ask the question to the class. The student who answers their classmate's question then comes up with the next question. This continues until all the students have come up with a question. This is a good way of including everyone in the class plus it allows me to see which students really understand the material based o how they paraphrase a question.
To build understanding, to build foundations for advanced material, to build confidence in the students, to prepare them for problem-solving and real life scenarios.
It is a super tool to make sure the students are comprehending the information and not just memorizing it.
It helps the flow of the classroom discussion, I love to start my class with a questions that we have laerned the day before to get a feel on where the student are at with the materials.
Hi Robert - Asking students to use critical thinking skills is so important! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
I like to ask situational questions to my students. For whatever material we may be covering, I try to apply it to 'real world' situations and see how the students use the material they have just learned. I sometimes try to fit it to specific students' situations. It really helps them to critically think about a problem.
Hi Cindy - Thanks for your post to the forum. Being able to facilitate those discussions is a great skill! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
Hi Ken - Thanks for your post to the forum. Getting comfortable with "wait-time" is difficult for almost every instructor! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
Hi Melissa- Thanks for your post to the forum. Throwing questions out to students to discuss is an excellent technique! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
I generally start and end each day with a questioning session not only to recap but often times to stimulate the class. I teach a course later in the evening and after working the whole day my students are exhausted and need a bit of stimulation to get them focused and receptive to the lesson for the day.
I like to ask questions for students so they may think them ov er and discuss amongst each other. This will get all the students involved and keep them interested in learning. Using questions as a learning tool will also help them get use to hear others ideas and thought and will help expand their own.
I try to use questions to review what was discussed in a previous days lesson. This gives me an indication to the degree the students understand and remember the topics presented. If I feel the students did not grasp a critical concept, I can then revisit it. However, sometimes I have difficulty getting responses. One thing I learned in the module is to be patient and give the students time to formulate an answer. I plan on trying to implement a delay after asking a question.
During the questioning session more students perticipation take place and students sometime can learn better from their classmates. They can be more motivated towards learning by seeing others answering the questions.
