Monday, September 15, 2014
Blog Post #4 What questions do we ask? How do we ask?
Three Ways to Better ask questions in the classroom
I have read this article a couple of times and it just hits me hard. As a teacher you have so many things running through your head about questions your students may have, questions you did not expect, and just how you will explain everything to them that you would like them to know. This article is the one that explains to you there are teachers who have already went through the same thing you will go through and this is their advice to you. I believe that if you plan ahead with a list of questions to maybe help you and your students.When you are answering questions with your students, you also may want them to work for their answer. It is their responsibility to find the correct answer, make their brains get to turning do not just give them the answers. If there happens to be good questions that you may could use later in discussion or that you might could use year after year, keep those in a notebook and pull them out when needed. Also, I believe that hearing the questions not only once but in different ways with everything explained will be really good for when they are tested on the material.
Open Ended Questions
This video explains how you want to ask open ended questions. When you ask questions you want to make the student actually think harder than they normally would. If you do not ask open ended questions you will end up with one word answers, which is not good at all when it comes to discussion. The students will need to know the material for the rest of their life most of time so it will be used again. Teachers there is many ways to do this. For Example start with these: In what ways, For what reasons, and Describe in detail. These are awesome question starters, because it will get their brain to rolling and thinking harder. I will be teaching History and one question that I may ask would be, In what ways has the Declaration of Independence shaped our country into what it is today? That question can be answered with a lot of different answers, and a lot of good answers at that. People think history is not an important subject matter, I believe that if people like me would show students how important it is they would enjoy it more. History is what has shaped our country since people were coming to America.
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Very good blog post, I love your picture and how you added in all the links you discussed :)
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