Active Questioning
Session Format
Presentation Session (45 minutes)
Location
Room 212
Abstract for the conference program
Think about this, it is the end of class and the bell is about to ring so you ask the students to complete their formative assessment in the form of a ticket out of the door. You are feeling really good about the lesson that you just taught until you see the results of the formative assessment. Only 20 percent of your students answered the questions correctly. You begin to think what could I have done differently?
One thing was active questioning. Many teachers go through the lesson asking questions and then turn around and answer them. With active questioning we are pushing the students to think about answers to questions that will not be answered by saying yes/no or true/false.
In this session we will dig deeper with how we are questioning our students. We will work on how to prepare ourselves to be better questioners. This session is for all grade level teachers of any content. We will work in groups, pairs, and as individuals to increase the skill of questioning.
Proposal Track
Non-research Project Interdisciplinary STEM Education
Start Date
3-3-2017 2:30 PM
End Date
3-3-2017 3:30 PM
Recommended Citation
Flowers, Cheryl S., "Active Questioning" (2017). Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019). 25.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2017/2017/25
Active Questioning
Room 212
Think about this, it is the end of class and the bell is about to ring so you ask the students to complete their formative assessment in the form of a ticket out of the door. You are feeling really good about the lesson that you just taught until you see the results of the formative assessment. Only 20 percent of your students answered the questions correctly. You begin to think what could I have done differently?
One thing was active questioning. Many teachers go through the lesson asking questions and then turn around and answer them. With active questioning we are pushing the students to think about answers to questions that will not be answered by saying yes/no or true/false.
In this session we will dig deeper with how we are questioning our students. We will work on how to prepare ourselves to be better questioners. This session is for all grade level teachers of any content. We will work in groups, pairs, and as individuals to increase the skill of questioning.
