Professional Documents
Culture Documents
of
Questioning
with
Outline
1. Levels of Questions
2. Primary Principles of
Questioning
3. Techniques of Effective
Questioning
LEVELS OF QUESTIONS
1. Levels of Questions
2. Primary Principles of
Questioning
3. Techniques of Effective
Questioning
PRINCIPLES OF QUESTIONING
2. Make questioning
progressive
3. Reconstruct your
questions if they
seem to be too
hard to understand
for the students.
PRINCIPLES OF QUESTIONING
4. Address the
questions to
the whole class
first then pick
a student to
answer.
PRINCIPLES OF QUESTIONING
6. Deliver your
questions in such
a way that is
encouraging and
motivating.
inspire students to feel that they are
free to express speak their minds
PRINCIPLES OF QUESTIONING
1. Levels of Questions
2. Primary Principles of
Questioning
3. Techniques of Effective
Questioning
TECHNIQUES OF EFFECTIVE
QUESTIONING
1. Establish an appropriate
environment.
TECHNIQUES OF EFFECTIVE
QUESTIONING
3. Prepare the
students for the
questioning
session and
discussion.
TECHNIQUES OF EFFECTIVE
QUESTIONING
5. Use an appropriate
variety and mix of
questions.
One good strategy is to start
with CONVERGENT questions
and then continue with
DIVERGENT questions
TECHNIQUES OF EFFECTIVE
QUESTIONING
CONVERGENT QUESTIONS
aka CLOSED QUESTION, give you facts, keep control
of the conversations with the questioner
DIVERGENT QUESTIONS
aka OPEN QUESTION
may have more than one acceptable answer
they ask the student to think & reflect
they will give you opinions and feelings
TECHNIQUES OF EFFECTIVE
QUESTIONING
6. Avoid trick
questions and
those that
require only a
YES or NO
response.
TECHNIQUES OF EFFECTIVE
QUESTIONING
8. Adapt
questions
to the
needs
of the
learners.
TECHNIQUES OF EFFECTIVE
QUESTIONING
Good
questioning
is a major
determinant of
the success of
teaching.