HI Anece- Thanks for your post to the forum. You are correct of course - if we do not ask questions we will not know how much our students have understood. Best wishes- Susan
There should always be a questioning session to all lessons for the instructors tool in how weel students are participating in every area.
Hi Perry - Isn't that just the best! I too love when my students start to debate. i am careful to sit back and let them go and wow -it is so exciting! Susan
Any question is the result of thinking process.
Having questioning sessions will boost their learning process just via creating in student's mind eye pictures, may be with sounds, etc., which actually is thinking process.
Questioning sessions allow students not only to be drawn in and participate, it also gives them an opportunity to deeply discuss items. I've had many great sessions in my classroom like this where the question sessions evolve (positively) into a debate.
Hi Ellen- Thanks for your post to the forum. Yes, questioning really puts us in the position of guiding ther questions and the answers (hopefully of the entire class) to where we want them to go.
Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
I think that it allows the student to delve deeper into the subject. One question leads to another and another and so on. You can let the student answer their own questions by guiding them a little in the direction that you want them to go or even by asking them questions in return.
Questioning sessions can be used as learning tools by guiding a discussion deeper into the true meat of the matter.
I think it is important to draw the student who does not like to participate into the discussion by asking questions of the class as a group and then of individual students. Building on your last question gets the class thinking in a broader field and gets the student to think outside of the box.
By helping students to see the reasoning process in answering a question
It can be used as much as possible to regain instructors and students learning tactics.
HI Linsey- Thanks for your post to the forum and some great examples of how questioning can play an important role! Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
An instructor can use questions to do several things:
1. It can be used to determine if the students are understanding the concepts being discussed in class.
2. It can be used at the beginning of a new concept to find out what the students may or may not know about it.
3. It can be used to make the students think.
4. It can be used to find out the state of mind of your students; are they with you or not.
They can be used as learning tools by centering the question around the topic of discussion.
It provides feedback to the instructor on the student's level of understanding. Use this information to focus on info they are not comfortable with in your end of class review.
Critical Thinking Skills: I take a topic and present actual scenarios they may face. Students must apply the knowledge they gained to answer the questions.
It allows the instructor to know how well the students are absorbing the material. It also allows the instructor to formulate thought provoking, critical thinking questions.
They provide a forum for students to think about the concepts at hand in a broader context.
How can questioning sessions be used as learning tools?
a) Questioning sessions can be used to asses a student’s the level of understanding of a particular subject that then can be used as a base for further questioning and training
b) Presenting questions in a manner that students must analyze their own answers , developing a broader understanding of the subject
c) Using incorrect answers as a tool to teach analytical steps to solving questions/problems
d) My favorite is presenting questions with no clear correct answer and have student define the question, present their answers to each other and have them defend their answers. Sometimes the process of reaching a conclusion is the lesson learned, not the answer to a question.
Hi Melanie- Thanks for your post to the forum. You are doing a great job at getting your students actively involved in their learning!
Best wishes for continued success in your teachibg career. Susan
I also try to involve students in questioning sessions by encouraging the class to try to answer another students question. When a student asks a question, I repeat the question to the class and then ask if anyone would like to answer the question. this usually stimulates my students and also gives them another "perspective" on the answer.
