When I first saw this topic the first thing I thought of is the saying, "there are no stupid questions." This is true and after reading the pieces assigned it really hit me how kids think in a class room when it comes to asking questions in class. In Ben Johnson's "The Right Way to Ask Questions." when he asks have we ever thought how silly a teacher could be? This really got me thinking in the past no I haven't. He says as a teacher stands in front of so many different students acting like we know everything then go back and asks the students questions kind of contradicts that belief. When teachers ask "does everyone understand?" no student wants to be that one person who raises their hand and says no in front of the whole class. So as a teacher we should wait just a few seconds then pick on one at random.
In the post "Asking Questions to Improve learning Questioning styles and Strategies" I took away that it is important to not only think about the question you are about to ask but also wait until the speaker is done because you might be asking a question that is about to be answered just shortly. One also needs to make sure their questions are clear and direct. If an obscure question asked what kind of answer can one expect back honestly?
In Joanne Chelsey's YouTube video she talks about open and closed-ended questions. Chelsey says that close-ended questions are structured so that the answer can be yes or no, as where open-ended questions have to have a more in depth answer and usually requires some explanation.
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ReplyDeleteI can agree with you there about there is no such thing as a stupid question. But I also have to say that I was one of those kids that thought everything I was going to ask would be in fact a stupid question. I was very annoyed and embarrassed that I didn't stand up for myself and just ask questions.
This is a pretty brief post. Where are your links to the sources you used? Also, your picture needs to have alt/title modifiers.
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