asking questions
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When kids are little….When kids are little….
They can’t stop asking questions.
They drive their family crazy with,
“Why does the kitty land on its
feet when you throw it in the
air? Why do I have two eyes?
Why do I have to go to bed?”
Relentlessly, they examine their
environment, trying to make
sense of it.
However….However….�As students get older, the
teacher ends up asking most of
the questions, expecting
students to find the right
answer.
�Being able to create thoughtful
questions is a sophisticated
cognitive skill.
The Importance of Building “Schema”
The Importance of Building “Schema”
�Schema is all the
background knowledge
and experience we have
in our brains.
�Building conceptual
frameworks or schema is
the way in which the mind
stores and retrieves data.
Questioning Skills Help With LearningQuestioning Skills Help With Learning
Research shows that if students cannot
formulate meaningful questions, their
ability to learn is significantly reduced.
“When an individual cannot ask
questions, he/she is like a computer
without a keyboard. It is very difficult to
access data.”
-Ruby Payne
Put in a simpler way . . .Put in a simpler way . . .
Questioning is
a strategy that
propels readers
forward.
� can help you establish a
purpose for reading and keep
you more focused.
� encourages your curiosity so
that you want to stay with the
material until you understand
it.
Being able to ask questions…Being able to ask questions…
� helps to make the text clearer.
� takes readers to deeper meanings to help them understand text.
Being able to ask questions…Being able to ask questions…
� clarify something in the text or a text feature.
� understand vocabulary.
� find specific information in the text.
� connect to the ideas or characters in the text.
� put yourself in the text by using your senses (visualizing, tasting, smelling, and feeling).
� understand choices the author made when writing the text.
You can ask questions to . . .You can ask questions to . . .
� understand the text organization and text structure.
� to summarize what you have read.
� extend your learning beyond the text.
� understand a character or an object.
� make predictions.
You can ask questions to . . .You can ask questions to . . .
Questioning
Strategies
Questioning
Strategies
Strategic Readers Ask Questions . . .Strategic Readers Ask Questions . . .
�Before Reading
�During Reading
�After Reading
What questions does this image bring to mind?
What questions does this image bring to mind?
� I wonder where this
place is.
� I wonder if it’s real.
� I wonder who would
live in a place like
this.
� Tell a partner. . .
“I wonder…”
Some questions . . .
� require only a brief answer
� require only a yes or no answer
� have only one correct answer
� are open-ended
� have more than one correct answer
� require a detailed, complex answer
� are unanswerable
Questions Are Not
All the Same
Questions Are Not
All the Same
For instance . . .
�What is photosynthesis?
You could not answer that
question with one word. The
answer is long and involved
and would need to be
researched.
DEEP QUESTIONSDEEP QUESTIONSDEEP QUESTIONSDEEP QUESTIONS
Deep questions address large,
universal concepts
DEEP QUESTIONSDEEP QUESTIONSDEEP QUESTIONSDEEP QUESTIONS
Deep questions address large,
universal concepts
Surface questions that can be
answered with a number or a simple
“yes or no” fall in this category.
For instance . . .
�How many flowers are in the vase?
�Does the vase have water?
You use surface questions to
understand specific details.
SURFACE QUESTIONSSURFACE QUESTIONS
Structure of QuestionsStructure of QuestionsMost of us think of these words when we
think of questions:
�Who?
�What?
�When?
�Where?
�How?
�Why?
But questions can also look like this…But questions can also look like this…
� Which of the following
statements fits with . . .?
� Can you think of an
example. . .?
� Could, should, would. . .?
� If this story happened. . .?
� Does she/he mean that . . .?
� In what ways. . . ?
The PayoffThe PayoffThe Payoff
“Hearing others’ questions
inspires new ones of your
own; likewise, listening to
others’ answers can also
inspire new thinking.”
Debbie Miller
Be an Independent ThinkerBe an Independent ThinkerBe an Independent Thinker
� Learn to use questioning
strategies on your own to
become a strategic reader.
� Learn to use the tools
available to become an
independent thinker.
� Is the answer right there in the text?
� Can this be answered using my background knowledge?
� Can I infer (figure this out) from different sections in the text?
� Could I answer this if I discussed it with someone?
� Do I need to do further research?
� Is this question confusing me?
When you’re trying to answer
questions, ask yourself. . .
When you’re trying to answer
questions, ask yourself. . .
What are
some surface
questions you
could ask
about this
picture?
What are
some surface
questions you
could ask
about this
picture?
What are
some deepdeepdeepdeep
questions
you could
ask about
this picture?
What are
some deepdeepdeepdeep
questions
you could
ask about
this picture?
The goal of learning cognitive reading strategies is to help you take responsibility for your own learning and be self-directed rather than teacher directed.
The goal of learning The goal of learning cognitive reading strategies cognitive reading strategies is to help you take is to help you take responsibility for your own responsibility for your own learning and be selflearning and be self--directed rather than directed rather than teacher directed.teacher directed.
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