Effective Questioning Techniques for Learning Success
Dive into the world of effective questioning techniques to enhance learning outcomes and student engagement. This bite-sized training covers key features of good questioning, inclusive strategies, and prompting techniques for all learners to thrive. Explore ways to ensure all students have the opportunity to participate and excel in the classroom setting.
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Effective Questioning Questioning techniques to support learning and progress Bite Sized Training - Brought to you by www.simplyinset.co.uk Call +447767 858360 or email simplyinset@gmx.com 1
Outcomes from today By the end of this Bite Sized Training you will be able to: Describe an effective question Explain the main features of good questioning Be able to apply effective questioning techniques in your classroom Identify your own personal strengths and potential weaknesses in questioning techniques Bite Sized Training - Brought to you by www.simplyinset.co.uk Call +447767 858360 or email simplyinset@gmx.com 2
What do you think? If a question is important enough to ask, shouldn t ALL students have the opportunity to answer it? ACTIVITY: Think-Pair-Share Bite Sized Training - Brought to you by www.simplyinset.co.uk Call +447767 858360 or email simplyinset@gmx.com 3
Inclusive questioning Turn-To-Your-Neighbour Think-Pair-Share Snow Ball Value Line Lollypop sticks Voting Diamond Nine White board answers Activity Work together to devise one or more learning activities that employ the questioning techniques described here. Bite Sized Training - Brought to you by www.simplyinset.co.uk Call +447767 858360 or email simplyinset@gmx.com 4
Prompting What can we do when students don t, won t or can t respond to a question? Try this sequence: Original question Alternate question (ask the same thing in a different way) Open-ended question (I.e. descriptions or comparisons) Alternative response (give students an either/or option) Activity Adapt the questioning activity you devised from the last slide to reflect this prompting technique. Bite Sized Training - Brought to you by www.simplyinset.co.uk Call +447767 858360 or email simplyinset@gmx.com 5
Wait-Time Traditional Questioning Teacher questions (pause) Call on student (pause) Student responds or teacher intervenes (pause) Go back to Teacher Questions After posing a questions, wait AT LEAT 3 seconds before asking for a response. Cooperative Questioning Teacher questions (pause) ALL individuals think (pause) ALL individuals respond (team members and teacher intervene)(pause) Responses are shared with the class Go Back to Teacher Questions Bite Sized Training - Brought to you by www.simplyinset.co.uk Call +447767 858360 or email simplyinset@gmx.com 6
Take an answer round the class Use Volleyball not Table Tennis Bite Sized Training - Brought to you by www.simplyinset.co.uk Call +447767 858360 or email simplyinset@gmx.com 7
Pose, Pause, Pounce and Bounce POSE - Pose your question to the whole class. PAUSE - Pause and wait for as long as possible before anyone is asked to answer POUNCE(!) - Pounce on a student(s) to answer BOUNCE! - Bounce the students response onto another student(s) and allow time to tease out concepts and opinions Bite Sized Training - Brought to you by www.simplyinset.co.uk Call +447767 858360 or email simplyinset@gmx.com 8
What about hands up? Think about introducing a no hands up rule? ACTIVITY: How would No hands up change the dynamic of your classroom? Bite Sized Training - Brought to you by www.simplyinset.co.uk Call +447767 858360 or email simplyinset@gmx.com 9
Coaching questions Closed questions encourage closed thinking and shallow answers Coaching questions get students to think for themselves: Focus attention - What does this tell us about ? Force comparison - What is the same and what is different about ? Seek clarification - How can we explain ? Stimulate enquiry - What would happen if? What do we need to know ? Look for reasons - How can we be sure that ?Why do you think that ? ACTIVITY: Coaching questions Work together to plan a series of coaching questions about a topic you teach. Try them out on a partner and ask for feedback. Bite Sized Training - Brought to you by www.simplyinset.co.uk Call +447767 858360 or email simplyinset@gmx.com 10
What about incorrect answers? Incorrect answers present a great opportunity for us to use better questions to check and develop students understanding You might use questions such as: Why do you think that? Can you be sure? Is there another way? Do you have a reason? How do you know? What do you think? Bite Sized Training - Brought to you by www.simplyinset.co.uk Call +447767 858360 or email simplyinset@gmx.com 11
Questioning Level Bloom s Taxonomy Remembering Understanding Applying Analysising Evaluating Creating ACTIVITY: Using Blooms Adjust the questioning activity you have already devised to reflect different levels of questioning as outlined in Bloom s taxonomy. Bite Sized Training - Brought to you by www.simplyinset.co.uk Call +447767 858360 or email simplyinset@gmx.com 12
Make it Work at Work What are you going to DO as a result of this Bite Sized Training session? Bite Sized Training - Brought to you by www.simplyinset.co.uk Call +447767 858360 or email simplyinset@gmx.com 13
Where next? EFFECTIVER QUESTIONING is one of a series of Bite Sized training resources designed to develop the skills and knowledge of classroom teachers in assessment for learning techniques. Other training in the ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING series include: Understanding assessment Effective feedback Self and peer assessment Smart target setting and interventions Bite Sized Training offers a wide range of school based CPD sessions designed to be used as sharply focused yet active training sessions of no more than 45 minutes in length. Bite Sized Training materials are produced by Steve Burnage through www.simplyinset.co.uk. Steve is an experienced author, trainer and education consultant with over 25 years experience of working in UK schools. For details of other CPD offered through Bite Sized Training, email bitesizedtraining@gmx.com or call +44767 858360 Bite Sized Training - Brought to you by www.simplyinset.co.uk Call +447767 858360 or email simplyinset@gmx.com 14
