questioning to enhance teaching and learning. asking questions is a very good way to find out about...
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Questioning to Enhance Teaching and Learning
Asking questions is a very good way to find out about something.
Kermit the Frog
What Kinds of Questions Do We Ask?
Information/FactualResearch/Probing
Provocative/IrreverantChallengingReflective
Motivational/InventiveDivergent
Etc.
And, sometimes just silly . . .
Our First “Expert”Mckenzie, Jamie.
• From Now On (Ed. Tech. Journal)http://www.fno.org/
• The Question Mark (Ed. Tech. Journal)http://questioning.org/index.html
* Beyond Cut-and-Paste. 2009. * Leading Questions. 2007. * Learning to Question to Wonder to Learn. 2005.
From Trivial Pursuit toHigher Order Thinking
The Questioning Toolkit (Jamie McKenzie)http://questioning.org/Q7/toolkit.html
The Question Press (Jamie McKenzie)http://www.fno.org/feb04/questionpress.html
The Biography Maker (Jamie McKenzie)http://www.fno.org/bio/QUEST.HTM
Our Second “Expert”Loertscher, David.
• Ban Those Bird Units! 2005. • Davidvl.org (website of David Loertscher)• Beyond Bird Units*: David Loertscher, Carol
Koechlin, and Sandi Zwann
By the way, we have nothing against birds!
Beyond Bird Units:The Think Models
• apply critical and creative thinking. • build cross curricular literacy skills and new
literacies. • are engaging and effective. • empower students to build deeper
understanding.
Appetizer
Main Course
Dessert
The Think Models
• are knowledge building learning experiences.
• are a framework for designing successful assignments.
• effectively utilize information and technology rich learning environments.
• provide opportunity for differentiated instruction.
BIG THINK: SO WHAT?
Turning Up the H.E.A.T.
H = Higher Order ThinkingE = Engaged LearningA = Authentic Tasks T = Added Value Technology Uses
Bernajean Porter
From Trivial Pursuit toHigher Order Thinking
YOUR ACTION PLAN
Consciously ask better questions.
Encourage students to ask
better questions.
Turn a lecture into a
discussion.
Transform one “bird unit.”
H.E.A.T. up an assignment.
A Few Ideas• Thought-Provoking Question of the Day
(or Week) http://www.internet4classrooms.com/question_day.htm
• E-Projects (To Generate Questions) Beyond “All About . . .”:– Pathfinders– Virtual Tours http://www.theteachersguide.com/virtualtours.html
– Interactive Video Conferencing• Use artifacts, photos, quotations, film clips, etc.
to model and teach good questioning.
http://www.minnesota-china.com/Education/fmMystPhNov16.htm
What are these black cubes on a stick?
A. Pieces of coal that can easily be put into a stove for cooking fuel.
B. Cubes of tofu ready to be cooked and then eaten.
C. Burnt squares of bread on stick.
More Ideas• Technology Tools for Higher Order Thinking
– Concept Mapping Tools• SMART Notebook• PowerPoint and Word• Inspiration
– Graphic Organizers
Note the types of visual organizers available in Smart Art in Powerpoint
Resources We Recommend
Bloom’s Taxonomy (1950s) Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
Bloom’s Taxonomy Blooms Digitally
