The Art of Questioning

Presented By:

Dr. Rosemarie D. Abecia

DepEd National Trainer

NATIONAL TRAINING OF TRAINERS

FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Oriental Hotel Mariveles Bataan
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 Learning Area

Points Objectives

to
Ponder Reflection Primer

Art of
Activities questioning

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identify the characteristics of a good question

formulate questions for all levels of

Comprehension

discuss techniques of questioning

realize the importance of enhancing skills in

asking questions

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 Priming

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 Discussion Questions

1. What have you noticed

on the way of students
ask or answering
questions?
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2. What are some of the

questions that they
have asked?

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3. Is it really important to
ask questions?

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 Art of Questioning
Activity 1.a Question Goals
What goals might good
questions is used to achieve?
Or, put another way, what
might you use good
questions to accomplish in
your class?
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Activity 1.b Crafting a Question

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Discussion Questions
1. Are your questions too
easy?
2. Does it prompt discussion?
3. Do you use questions that
emphasize reasoning or
process over the right answer?
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4. Do you use clear wording so
that your students understand
that they are being asked?
5. Do you consider tempting
distracters?
6. Have you considered
creative questions?
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What
questions
should we
ask?
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Bloom’s Taxonomy

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Bloom’s Taxonomy
(Difference)

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REMEMBERING
Can the student recall or remember information?
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Questions

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Activities and Products
 Make a story map showing the main
events leading to…
 Make a time line of your typical day.
 Make a concept map of the topic.
 Write a list of keywords you know
about….
 Make a chart showing…
 Make an acrostic poem about… 20
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Understanding
Can the student explain ideas and concepts?

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• The questions require answers that are not
directly stated in the text but are suggested
or implied:
 Inferences
Implications
Generalizations
Comparisons and contrasts
Main Idea
Motive Question
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 Cause and effect relationships
 Anticipation of events
 Prediction of outcomes
 Identification of character traits
 Identification of emotional
reactions of characters
 Identification of motives of
characters
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Questions
 Can you explain why…?
 Can you write in your own words?
 How would you explain…?
 Can you write a brief outline...?
 What do you think could have happened next...?
 Who do you think...?
 What was the main idea...?
 Can you clarify…?
 Can you illustrate…?
 Does everyone act in the way that …….. does?
(Pohl, Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn, p. 12)
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Activities and Products
 Write in your own words…
 Cut out, or draw pictures to illustrate a particular event in...
 Report to the class…
 Illustrate what you think the main reason behind…
 Make a cartoon strip showing the sequence of events in the given
scenario...
 Write and perform a play based…
 Write a brief outline to explain the event/situation to someone else
 Explain why should we implement the law.
 Write a summary report of the event.
 Prepare a flow chart to illustrate the sequence of events.
 Make a colouring book.
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Applying
Can the students use the information in a new way?

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involves the learner “putting

him/herself in the place of the
character”; reading is used for
some practical purposes, for
values clarification

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Questions
 Put yourself in the place of one of the characters
and tell what you would have done….. ?
 What would result if….. ?
 Compare and contrast….. ?
 What questions would you to find out … ?
 How would the character solve the similar
situation of….. ?
 Put the main character in another story setting,
how would he act?
 If you had to plan a vacation for the main
character, where would they go?
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Activities and Products
 Construct a model to demonstrate how it looks or works
 Practise a play and perform it for the class
 Make a diorama to illustrate an event
 Write a diary entry
 Make a scrapbook about the area of study.
 Prepare invitations for a party
 Make a topographic map
 Take and display a collection of photographs on a particular
topic.
 Make up a puzzle or a game about the topic.
 Write an explanation about this topic for others.
 Dress a doll in national costume.
 Make a clay model…
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Analyzing
Can the students distinguish between the different parts?

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Questions
 What motive does ____ have…..?
 What conclusions can you draw about…..?
 What is the relationship between…..?
 How is ______ related to …..?
 What ideas support the fact that…..?
 What evidence can you find…..?
 What inferences can you make about…..?
 What generalizations can be made about …..?
 What assumptions do you make about …..?
 What is the theme of…..?
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Evaluating
Can the students justify a stand or decision?

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• It involves the making of personal judgment
on the text by the reader, usually based on
his/her experience:
 Evaluation of accuracy
 Discrimination of fact and opinion
 Recognition of emotionally charged
words
Identification of author's purpose, mood,
tone, intent
Evaluation of values presented
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Questions
 Compare two characters in the selection….which
was a better person…why?
 Which character would you most like to spend the
day with?
 Do you agree with the actions of…..?
 How could you determine…..?
 Why was it better that…..?
 What choice would you have made about…..?
 How would you explain…..?
 What data was used to make the conclusion…..?
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Activities and Products
 Write a letter to the editor
 Prepare and conduct a debate
 Prepare a list of criteria to judge…
 Write a persuasive speech arguing for/against…
 Make a booklet about five rules you see as important. Convince
others.
 Form a panel to discuss viewpoints on….
 Write a letter to. ..advising on changes needed.
 Write a half-yearly report.
 Prepare a case to present your view about...
 Complete a PMI on…
 Evaluate the character’s actions in the story
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Creating
Can the students create new products or
points of view?

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– involves coming up with new ideas or
reproducing the text information in other
forms: dramatizing, writing another
ending, writing a letter, musical
interpretation

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QUESTIONS
 Can you design a...to...?
 Can you see a possible solution to...?
 If you had access to all resources, how would you
deal with...?
 Why don't you devise your own way to...?
 What would happen if ...?
 How many ways can you...?
 Can you create new and unusual uses for...?
 Can you develop a proposal which would...?
(Pohl, Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn, p. 14)
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ACTIVITIES AND PRODUCTS
 Invent a machine to do a specific task.
 Design a robot to do your homework.
 Create a new product. Give it a name and plan a marketing campaign.
 Write about your feelings in relation to...
 Write a TV show play, puppet show, role play, song or pantomime
about..
 Design a new monetary system
 Develop a menu for a new restaurant using a variety of healthy foods
 Design a record, book or magazine cover for...
 Sell an idea
 Devise a way to...
 Make up a new language and use it in an example.
 Write a jingle to advertise a new product.
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 How
should
questions
be asked?

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 Simple
 Clear
 Definite
 Relevant
 Challenging and though-provoking
 Adapted to the age, abilities and interests of
the students
 Require an extended response
 Use common vocabulary
 Properly directed
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 Effective Questioning should:
Reinforce and promote the learning objectives
Include “staging” questions to draw pupils towards
key understanding or to increase the level of
challenge in a lesson as it proceeds.
Involve all pupils
Engage pupils in thinking for themselves
Promote justification and reasoning

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 Create an atmosphere of trust where pupils’ opinions
and ideas are valued
 Show connections between previous and new learning
 Encourage pupils to speculate and hypothesize
 Encourage pupils to ask as well as to “receive” questions
 Encourage pupils to listen and respond to each other as
well as to the teacher

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 Activity 2: REVISION TIME

Using the drafted

questions and the tips
given, revise it.

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 Activity 3: Classifying Time
1. Using the same set of
questions, discuss with your
mates your questions.
2. Use the Revised Bloom’s
Taxonomy worksheet to rate
the Bloom’s level of your
questions.
3. Group presentation.
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 Questioning Techniques in the Classroom
 Encourage students to ask questions at any time.
 Give adequate consideration to all questions--never
evade a question.
 Scatter questions over the entire class.

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Pose questions within the
ability of the student to
whom the question is
addressed.
Ask questions to the
inattentive.
Require students to give
complete answers.

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 Do not permit frequent
group responses.
 Ask open-ended
questions
 Avoid asking questions
that can be answered by
guessing.
 Use the key words of
questioning--how, why,
when, where, what,
which.
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  Have students speak loudly so
that all may hear.
 Use correct grammar and
terminology.
 Keep questions on the
subject.
 Write questions in your
lesson plan.

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 Action Plan (Group Work)
1. Using the CG, choose three Learning
Competencies that your group will work on with
in the first grading period. (note: Facilitator can
decide to give the LCs per group to work with.)
2. Develop three (3) to five (5) Low Order
Cognitive Level questions and three (3) to five (5)
High Order Cognitive Level questions that you
will use in the presentation of each lesson.
3. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation of the
group output.
4. Present it to the group for critiquing.
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 “Keep on asking, and it will be given
you; keep on seeking, and you will find;
keep on knocking, and it will be opened to
you; for everyone asking receives, and
everyone seeking finds, and to everyone
knocking, it will be opened.”
– Matthew 7:7,8
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