Blog Post #4 Asking Questions.

Asking questions is very important in teaching and learning. According to Maryellen Weimer in the "Three Ways to Ask Better Questions" article, there are three ways to asking better questions. These three ways are, preparing questions, playing with questions, and preserving questions. The first way to asking better questions is to prepare questions. When a teacher prepares questions for classroom discussion it makes learning more effective. I agree with Weimer because when she says that writing out questions makes questions clear. This is true because when you write out the question you can add or subtract words from the question, therefore, making a precise question. The second way to asking better questions is to play with questions. The teacher is playing with the question when it is in various places like on a power point or on the whiteboard. Playing with the questions makes the student want to write it down because it is seen often. This also allows the student to ponder the question so that they could develop a well thought out answer. The last way to asking better questions is to preserve good questions. Sometimes students ask really good questions. Being a teacher, you know what a good question is and a good teacher would preserve that students question and use it in another class's discussion.

In Andie Stix's video "Open Ended Questions" she talks about effective ways to answering open ended questions. Teachers ask really good questions. Teachers then question themselves on how they can turn that good question into an open ended question which calls for deep thought and open mindedness. There are a few ways to asking open ended questions such as saying "explain in detail," "generate a list," and asking "for what reasons." These are all great ways to asking open ended questions. When asking the question "why?" it makes the student want to generate more of a response. This makes for a thoughtful answer with great detail.
According to Ben Johnson in the "The Right Way to Ask Their Own Questions" article, questions are asked by teachers to check the understanding of the student. The only way to know if a concept is taught to a student the teacher must ask questions. Whether or not the student answers correctly depends on the teacher.




http://www.edutopia.org/blog/asking-better-questions-deeper-learning-ben-johnson
Ben Johnson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vEGKEj0z4I
Andi Stix
http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/three-ways-to-ask-better-questions-in-the-classroom/
Maryellen  Weimer, Ph.D.

Three Ways to Ask Better Questions in the Classroom - See more at: http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/three-ways-to-ask-better-questions-in-the-classroom/#sthash.pz622Xeu.dpufT

Three Ways to Ask Better Questions in the Classroom - See more at: http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/three-ways-to-ask-better-questions-in-the-classroom/#sthash.pz622Xeu.dpuf