Up to how many questions do you think teachers ask

a day?

400 questions! That is up to

70,000 a year.

Theodora WilmotHistory CL and SLE

• They set up intrigue

• They give students a sense of ownership

• They can drive or scaffold your lesson towards your objectives

• They can enable students to access higher thinking

• They can fuel creativity and critical thinking

• They are a great way to give feedback from written work to develop work further

• They are a useful way of assessing prior knowledge and understanding

• They can take you further away from your objectives

• They can confuse students

• They can put you on the spot

• They can stop the pace of a lesson

• They can make students feel uncomfortable

So how do we make sure that we ask the

right questions, in the right way, so as to get

the right results?

Lollipop sticks

Random name generator

Table discussion, then spokesman feedback

30 seconds thinking time

THINK PAIR SHARE

Listen and expand

Bounce the question on

Student teacher

Backwards questioning

What would you like to know?

Probe deeper

Thunks

Know your class to guide your questioning

Plan your questions so as to ensure your objectives are

reached

Blooms posters as prompts

http://www.classtools.net/

http://www.slideshare.net/year5thepines/thunks-9947392

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