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Using higher order questioning.

Making correct and succesfull questions to the students may result easily to a more effective teaching.

LATIFI EFSTATHIA

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Successes Successes

By my greater focus in the quality of By my greater focus in the quality of questions I realised the signicance of the questions I realised the signicance of the childs’ way of thinking. I devided the process childs’ way of thinking. I devided the process of my teaching in more steps and I of my teaching in more steps and I concluded the children’s reaction as a concluded the children’s reaction as a capital part of the teaching prossedure. I capital part of the teaching prossedure. I provoked the greater level of my students’ provoked the greater level of my students’ focus, with simple and well formed focus, with simple and well formed questions, and a succeeded to develop questions, and a succeeded to develop better each student’s way of thinking on better each student’s way of thinking on each own level.each own level.

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Challenges Challenges

The The timetime has been being a provoking has been being a provoking challenge that put me through stress and challenge that put me through stress and discomfort. Often, I forgot to form successful discomfort. Often, I forgot to form successful questions and to conclude in my teaching all questions and to conclude in my teaching all students’ levels, due to the greater students’ levels, due to the greater importance I gave to the guidance by importance I gave to the guidance by the the book. My already formed behaviorbook. My already formed behavior towards towards the students was also a negative part in my the students was also a negative part in my effort to change everyday my way of effort to change everyday my way of speaking, asking and guiding the lesson.speaking, asking and guiding the lesson.

I pushed myself to write down everyday the I pushed myself to write down everyday the most successful and helpful questions I made most successful and helpful questions I made to my students and prepare 3 more for the to my students and prepare 3 more for the next day.next day.

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Next StepsNext Steps

I am trying to put correct questions , actions I am trying to put correct questions , actions and reactions, as a part of my teaching and my and reactions, as a part of my teaching and my life. I made in my class “the corner of life. I made in my class “the corner of questions” where we write down the best questions” where we write down the best questions of the day. I respect more the questions of the day. I respect more the questions of the students and I everyday questions of the students and I everyday provoke them to ask me more. I encourage all provoke them to ask me more. I encourage all kinds of questions and I analyze the significance kinds of questions and I analyze the significance of each one’s way of thinking , asking and of each one’s way of thinking , asking and understanding. I realised that asking is a way of understanding. I realised that asking is a way of teaching and be taught, a way of thinking.teaching and be taught, a way of thinking.

I will keep on writing down my students’ best I will keep on writing down my students’ best questions and I will keep on asking more than questions and I will keep on asking more than answering in my class. answering in my class.

Dedicated to my wonderful teacher Kay Merseth Dedicated to my wonderful teacher Kay Merseth ..