Friday Briefing 24th March 2017Questioning

Coaching- focus on questioning

• Seating plan provided

• Observer notes/tallies:

Who is questioned

Who receives support

Types of questions asked, for example, open v closed.

Identify

Describe

Explain

Analyse

Compare

Evaluate

Justify

Why Is

How Did

When Can

Where Would

What Will

Who Might

Happen

Change

Cause

Result

Affect

Find

Same

Different

Advantage

Disadvantage

Improve

Agree

Disagree

Strength

Weakness

Use one word from all of or some

of the columns to create great

questions

The Question Generator

Subject-specific questions

Science:

Can you describe why some people might disagree with a limestone quarry being built near to their house?

R.E

Can you explain how somebody who believes in absolute morality might respond to the commandment ‘do not kill’?

Geography:

Can you describe how humans using resources from a tropical rainforest might result in problems for animals living in the rainforest?

How to use it

1. At the beginning of a topic/lesson

• Present students with a stimulus-photo/picture/object/text.

• Encourage students to ask questions- ignite curiosity.

• Collect questions and decide on what the ‘big question’ could be.

2. Learning outcomes

Display these and challenge students to generate questions for the lesson.

What would they like to ask?

What do they need to find out?

3. Exam Practice

Present students with a model answer.

What would the question be for this answer?

Can they make the link between exam rubric and answer?

4. Peer assessment

After reading someone else’s work students generate a question to create further challenge.

This can lead to further discussion or could be written feedback leading to written improvements.

5. Feedback

• Use these questions to enrich feedback to students and create more challenge.

• Turn this into an exam question:

Can you explain how somebody who believes in absolute morality might respond to the commandment ‘do not kill’? (4)

6. Challenge the teacher

• Invite difficult questions

• Question box

• Post-it notes/ mini-whiteboards- common questions could inform the direction of the lesson.