Tag: questioning

Questioning Medley

Resources:A variety- click on each post to see more information!What to do:I have put together a Marking Medley (series of posts linked to effective marking!) So, here is a series of posts linked to effective questioning! Enjoy! An informative post about various questioning approaches! Question Prompts Using technology to help question Killer Questions Question Grids PPPB […]

Easy as A,B,C

Resources: None! What to do: In order to increase oracy levels of students and get them answering questions as productively as possible, try this… Write: Add Build Challenge  On your whiteboard. When students are to answer any question either you ask them to add, build or challenge or when another student answers a question get […]

#TLT14

Not a regular/usual post from me but more of a summary of the key messages I learnt today at #TLT14…Session 1:@TeacherTweaks workshop on differentiation. Their blog here. Presentation here. Teacher tweaks #tlt14 presentation from debbieandmel Main takeaway messages for me:Read these four books.  Ron Bergers Ethic of Excellence– Expect Excellence from everybody and every piece of work. ‘If […]

Questioning Approaches

Resources:Table Below:Reference to NSEAD.ORG Strategy/approach Process Gains and benefits Thinking Time: Consciously waiting for a pupil or class to think through an answer (before you break the silence) e.g 15-30secs Provide time between setting the question and requiring an answer.  Sometimes alerting pupils to the approach and the time available to develop an answer.   Prompts depth […]

Killer Questions!

Resources:NoneHow it works:Students have to think of a Killer Question– a question that is ‘impossible’ to answer by any of their peers! (I don’t mean it is impossible- but as in VERY difficult to answer!)However, the student asking the Killer Question must know the answer and it must link to the objectives of the lesson.Variations:Give students […]

Question Prompts

Resources:Download the prompts from here– (This is not mine- I found this on Twitter- No idea from who! If they are yours- let me know and I will reference immediately!)Or this one by https://twitter.com/RJS2212 What to do:Use the prompts to help develop your students questioning.Or your own questioning skills.Laminate and use as cue cards, or displays on […]

Question Grids

UPDATE!Resources:Click here for all the resources…What to do:These are a variety of grids to help develop your students ability to question…Amazingly simple to use and very effective! All courtesy of @JohnSayers www.twitter.com/johnsayers And for more information about Questioning- Click HERE Idea has been adapted by @JamieClark85 here- http://jamieleeclark85.wordpress.com  You add the picture in the middle and get the students […]

Pose Pause Pounce Bounce

This is a great strategy to improve questioning and the quality of responses. It also promotes student engagement. Thanks go to @TeacherToolkit for introducing me to this strategy!Resources:A great question to pose – perhaps a thunk!How It Works:Pose – the teacher poses a difficult question to the class.Pause – the teacher then waits, giving students thinking time. 10 […]

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