Challenging Learning Through Questioning: Facilitating the Process of Effective Learning (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Description

Better questioning for better learning

Effective questioning builds on natural curiosity, moving students out of their comfort zone and into the learning zone in a purposeful, accessible way. With this insightful guide, you'll fine-tune the three essential skills of questioning--know your intent, plan your responses, and stay purposefully silent--to elicit noticeably improved responses from students. Features include

- Questioning sequences that work in any discipline

- Techniques for deepening learning through questioning

- Organizational strategies for pair, small-group, and whole-class dialogues

- Best practices for balancing questioning, thinking tools, and strategic silences

- Exercises, activities, and review and reflection sections