Hi Sherrie- Thanks for your post to the forum. As you emphasize, the more opportunities we can give our students to apply concepts, the better their retention will be. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
Questioning sessions allow students to more comprehensively understand the material, as well as give the instructor an opportunity to evaluate whether or not the key concepts are getting through. In thinking through answers to questions, students are able to put the material they've learned into their own context and it then becomes useful to them. Hearing other students' answers may also make them think about the material in a different way, and all of sudden...there's an "AHA!" moment.
Question can be an easy tool for the instructor to assess the students knowledge on a specific topic.
questioning is also a way to assess how the information has been retained and understood and will help the instructor identify the potential aspects to review.
Hi Pietro- Thanks for your post to the forum. You shared some really good reasons to use questioning often in our classes! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
Jerome,
I agree it does get the students involved more and then gain more for the material being taught.
Hello Susan,
Question sessions will be used as a learning tool, because it allow the student to listen to what other student have to say, therefore offers them the chance to put in their feedback as to what they got out of the question. It offer student the chance to participate it makes the learning more understandable because the information is being broken down. As well as it mae class more enjoyable then just listening to lectures all day.
Questions can be use simply just to start the day and recall prior knowledge that was just taught. Taking those questions to build up and lead into the next topic. Questions can also be used to promote critical thinking for students. To teach the to take the basic of what they are learning and apply it.
Regards,
Pete
They are very helpful in reviewing previous information. This can be used to briefly review at the beginning of class before your start a new section or topic. These question sessions will also get the student to understand your level of expectation.
Questioning sessions give you a chance to see how well the subject matter has been received and digested by the class. Especially when one uses different questioning techniques, students are enabled to view the subject matter from different perspectives or points of view.
Questioning students in a group during class makes the discussion take on an interactive property. Students may then pick up information from other students answers, and this will reinforce their knowledge when they hear it from other students. This prompts deeper thought from the students, and also can facilitate the students becoming more involved in question/answer sessions. It tends to alleviate their fears of answering incorrectly.
A series of well-thought-out questions can help a class have those 'I never thought of it that way before' moments that teachers live for.
Questioning sessions lead to discussion and often the correct answers. It gets the students involved and a great way to review material covered.
Asking questions not only gives you an idea if the students are comprehending the information, but will also allow feedback from the students. This can promote critical thinking, student involvement and learning.
I often learn when students ask questions. The learning process that occurs during this dialogue helps all of us in our pursuit of knowledge!
Hi Jeanie- Thanks for your post to the forum. Your advice to your students about asking ANY questions cannot be repeated enough! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
I agree completely. I make it a policy for myself to emphasize to the students before we even get started that no question is considered a stupid question and if you don’t understand something no matter how simple it is, ask to have it explained again. Most likely there is another student that doesn’t understand it too. I find if I state these simple facts in the beginning of class and remind them of it as time goes on, the students are not as intimidated to ask questions.
Questioning learners is often missed as a learning tool. It informs and clarifies the uncertain student, serves as a segway to new information and brings important information to focus.
That does sound like it would be an effective technique. I am new to teaching, and I recently sat in on a class where the instructor questioned the students throughout the lecture. It was very effective. She questioned them about the new material they were learning as well as tying it in to previous material. The students could relate their own previous experiences as well.
Hi Connie- Thanks for your post to the forum. Absolutley, the more we can assess how effectively we have delivered previous material, the more confident we can be about moving on. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
you can determine if the information presented was percieved in the correct way, before moving on
