OER4Schools/Questions you can ask

Resource details
Title	Questions you can ask
Topic	[[Topics/Questioning|Questioning]],  [[Topics/OER4Schools|OER4Schools]],  [[Topics/Teacher Education Resources for Sub-Saharan Africa|Teacher Education Resources for Sub-Saharan Africa]]
Teaching approach	[[Teaching Approaches/|]]
Subject	[[Resources/Teacher Education|Teacher Education]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/|]]
Related ORBIT Wiki Resources	OER4Schools/VVOB Questioning the Questions, OER4Schools/2.2_Questioning, OER4Schools/Questions you can ask. OER4Schools/Questioning checklist, OER4Schools/Strategies for increasing participation in answering questions
Acknowledgement	This resource is part of the OER4Schools programme.

Questions you can ask in class

• Can you guess what will happen?
• Can you give me an example? Can you find an (another) example?
• How does (cause) relate to (event)? or How does this explain...?
• Is this the same as ….? Is this different from ...?
• Tell me something that is true about...
• What connections can you see between...?
• What always seems to happen?
• What other ways are there to ….?
• What do you think is happening?
• What would happen if ….?
• What could be changed if we want...? What would you change so that...?
• What is wrong with...?
• What happens when...?
• What did you observe?
• What do you think about...?
• What do you think about what X said? Why?
• Why do you think that...?
• Can you explain that to your partner?
• Can you group these?

Here are some questions classified using Bloom's taxonomy, in order of increasing demand:

Remembering

• What do you remember about...?
• How would you define...?
• How would you recognise...?
• What would you choose...?
• Describe what happens when...?
• How is...?
• Which one...?
• Why did ....?

Understanding

• How would you clarify the meaning ...?
• How would you differentiate between ...?
• What did you observe ...?
• How would you identify ...?
• What would happen if ...?
• Can you give an example of ...?

Applying

• How would you develop... to present...?
• What would be the result if ...?
• How would you present ...?
• How would you change...?
• Why does ... work?
• Can you develop a set of instructions about..?
• What factors would you change if ...?

Analysing

• How can you classify ... according to ....?
• How can you compare the different parts ...?
• What explanation do you have for ...?
• Discuss the pros and cons of ...?
• What is the analysis of ...?
• How is ... similar to ...?

Evaluating

• What criteria could you use to assess ...?
• What data was used to evaluate ...?
• What choice would you have made...?
• What is the most important...?
• How could you verify ...?
• Is there a better solution to...?
• What do you think about...?
• Do you think this is a bad or a good thing?

Creating

• What alternative would you suggest for ...?
• What changes would you make to revise...?
• Predict the outcome if...?
• What could you invent ...?
• How would you compile the facts for...?
• If you had access to all resources how would you deal with ...?
• Compose a song about ...
• Design a ... to ...