Effective Questioning and Reacting Techniques

Unit 5

“Children go to school as questioning marks and leave school as periods”

- Neil Postman

The Kinds Of Questions:

Low level questions

-demand low level responses.

-They require responses of simple recall or memory type of answers.

Ex: What

High level questions

- call for higher-order thinking ability. “Why” and “how” questions require analysis of observations.

The conclusion is arrived at after weighing evidence or

establishing a pattern out of a recorded tabulation of data.

A question is a taken as a request for

information. It simply an inquiry about

something.

In teaching, it takes the form of a problem at the form of a problem at the start of investigation or

query about a current issue such as time or classroom management. It statement

that demands an explanation, a purpose or

an argument.

A daily lesson is seldom without even a single

question. It is the question , stated in any

form that unlocks thinking. Hence, it is integral in the

teaching practice.

Types of Questions according to Purpose

The kind of questions we ask varies according to purpose. Here are some:

For Assessing Cognition

This type of questioning is used to determine one’s

knowledge in understanding. They promote high level

thinking. Divergent questions and open-ended inquiries call for analysis and evaluation.

For Verification

It determines the exactness or accuracy of the results of anactivity

or performance.

For Creating Thinking

It probes into one’s originality.

For Evaluating

It elicits responses that include judgments, value,

and choice. It also asks personal opinion about an

events, a policy or a person.

For Productive Thinking

It includes cognitive reasoning . It analyses

facts recognizes patterns or trends and invokes

memory and recall.

For Motivating Before discussing the lesson, a number of

questions about the topic can serve to arouse their

interest and focus attention. It attempts to put students in the right

mood.

For Instructing

The question asks for useful information. It

directs, guides and advise on what and how to do an

activity.

Types of Questions according to

Level / Answer

As to level, questions can either below or high level.

Low level questions

They include memory questions or those that require simple recall.

High level questions

These question call for a respondent’s ability to

analyze, evaluate and solve problems.

Convergent QuestionThey are questions that

require a single predictable answer. Examples are those

that call for :1)defining,2)stating,3)interpreting, and4)summarizing

Divergent Questions

They require the respondents to think in

“different directions”, to think of alternative actions or to arrive at own decision. There are possible answers.

Thank you for listening…

Presented to: Mrs. Cheding M. Arnigo

INSTRUCTOR

Presented by: Perla B. Anonuevo

BSEd II MAPEH