"Questions can be extraordinary learning tools.
A good question can open minds, shift paradigms, and force the uncomfortable but transformational cognitive dissonance that can help create thinkers. In education, we tend to value a student’s ability to answer our questions. But what might be more important is their ability to ask their own great questions–and more critically, their willingness to do so."
Via Beth Dichter
How do you teach your learners to ask good questions? This post shares many resources to help you learn new skills that will assist you in teaching others.
The post begins with a visual, the Teach Thought Learning Taxonomy, which is a template for critical thinking that looks at cognition across six categories. This is described in depth.
Additional tools shared include:
* Socratic Discussion which includes a video from Tch (the Teaching Channel)
* Paideia Seminar - "an integrated literacy event built around formal whole class dialogue. The purpose for doing Paideia Seminar is to support students’ ability to think conceptually and communicate collaboratively." There is also a video.
* The Question Game (which was shared previously on this Scoop.it)
* Bloom's Taxonomy
* Question Formation Technique - See the visual at the top, or check out their website at The Right Question Institute. If this is of interest to you they are presenting a workshop in Boston in July. Information on this is available at their website.
* Universal Question Stems and Basic Question Stem Examples
This is actually part 2 of a two part post. The first post is A Guide to Questioning in the Classroom.
Great starting point.
SOME TIMES KNOWING THE RIGHT QUESTION TO ASK WILL GET THE RIGHT ANSWER FOR THE PROBLEM YOU ARE TRYING TO SOLVE!! IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO ASK YOU MAY NOT GET THE RIGHT ANSWER FOR YEARS BUT THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED!?!