OER4Schools/Questions you can ask
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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?
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| 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/|]]
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| Subject | [[Resources/Teacher Education|Teacher Education]] |
| Age of students / grade | [[Resources/|]]
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| 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
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| Acknowledgement | This resource is part of the OER4Schools programme. |
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 ...
