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Challenging Learning Through Questioning
Facilitating the Process of Effective Learning
Martin RentonSeries: Corwin Teaching Essentials(0)
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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, and
· Exercises, activities, and review and reflection sections.
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, and
· Exercises, activities, and review and reflection sections.