ED 114
I really enjoyed this course. I learned quite a bit about how I can improve my class participation. I particularly enjoyed the "tips" portion of this course. These are tactics I use everyday in class and, I now feel, that I can be more effective in the way I probe, redirect, and praise my students.
Jeff,
I'm glad you found this useful. I have found that it is not only in these, but all communications with students need to be worded appropriately, even comments on papers. I have gotten into the habit of checking and rechecking my comments to see if they could be offensive in any way.
Judy Mohammed
I am familiar with the various types of questions and their different cognitive levels, as well as, the research related to wait time. I found the section related to asking procedural questions the most helpful. I must admit that I am guilty of asking such questions that are not worded in the most useful manner to encourage student responses. I really like the way the same questions were re-worded in a non-threatening manner to encourage student responses. I certainly plan to implement the revise form of asking procedural questions in my class. Thanks!
Cassandra,
I am glad that you found this lesson useful. Good luck with using these techniques.
Judy Mohammed
I also found this class to be very helpful. I often noticed that my students would let the more knowledgeable students answers the questions, but now I have learned a way to get the insecure students to answer the question by redirecting or probing the students to answer.
Carolyn,
I am glad you enjoyed this course. We all need tools to improve our profession and I enjoy the feedback I receive from participants, especially when I am able to learn new techniques.
Judy Mohammed
I really enjoyed it also. I thought that it was way more technical than prior classes and I was really surprised of the types and classifications of open questions there are. Definitely techniques that will carry over into my classroom. Thank you.
Ramona,
I'm glad you ejoyed the course. Questioning is an essential part of teaching and it does promote more interaction.
Judy Mohammed