Encouraging Pupils To Ask Effective Questions

From OER in Education
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
QuestionMark.png
Getting pupils to do the questioning

About. The resource comprises one 3 page DfES document (drawn from a larger document - see related resources). It first describes some methods to encourage pupils to ask effective questions and then offers a grid to record how effective the techniques have been with a particular class (you may wish to adapt this/do this less formally).

Pedagogical content. This resource describes some methods to encourage pupils themselves to engage in effective questioning(ta) - an active learning(ta) approach which may be useful in whole class(ta) or group work(ta) discussion(ta). (edit)

Resource details
Title Encouraging Pupils to Ask Effective Questions
Topic [[Topics/CPD|CPD]]
Teaching approach

[[Teaching Approaches/Questioning|Questioning]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Whole class|Whole class]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Group work|Group work]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Active learning|Active learning]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Discussion|Discussion]]

Learning Objectives

By the end of the document you should have explored some ways to encourage pupils to ask more effective questions, and think about why this is beneficial.

Format / structure

.doc

Subject

[[Resources/Teacher Education|Teacher Education]]

Age of students / grade

[[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]],  [[Resources/Higher|Higher]]


Related ORBIT Wiki Resources

See other DfE(i) resources

Files and resources to view and download