Sunday, June 7, 2015

Blog Post #4

According to Asking Questions to Improve Learning, teachers should ask their students specific and direct questions. During discussion sessions, questions should be mutilayered and complexed while only asking one question at a time. Questions should be closed-ended and also open-ended. When asking a question, teachers should wait a few seconds for students to voluntarily respond.   Three Ways to Ask Better Questions in the Classroom states that teachers should prepare the questions ahead on discussion time.  Questions should also be asked in the best way to engage the students.

Asking better questions in the classroom, states that a closed-ended question can be answered by using one word or a short phrase. Open-ended questions leaves the answer up to the person who is responding, which yields more information.

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3 comments:

  1. I enjoy discussions in the classroom, it helps a student to understand better and to learn how other classmates understand and think. This means I also prefer asking and being asked open-ended questions.

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  2. "...teachers should ask their students specific and direct questions." Closed-ended or open-ended?

    "Questions should be closed-ended and also open-ended. " Which is preferred?

    "...ahead on discussion time. " of, not on

    You do not make clear whether open-ended or closed-ended questions are preferred nor do you explain why one is preferred over the other.

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  3. Good post. However, none of your links work. Please go in and check that your HTML is correct.

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