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Questioning Strategies in the Classroom - Coggle Diagram
Questioning Strategies in the Classroom
3 key insights
Wait-time & equity matter
If teachers pause, more students respond and with deeper thinking.
If teachers pause, more students respond and with deeper thinking.
Planning and scaffolding questions is essential
Teachers should design questions by type (open/closed) and level of thinking
Questions should align with lesson goals and be responsive to students’ answers.
Questioning drives deep thinking
Good questions promote elaboration and connections.
They serve both to assess and to prompt student thinking
2 Implications for Teaching
Create a classroom culture of questioning
Allow sufficient wait-time after asking a question.
Intentionally ask a range of students, not just those who always raise hands.
Design questions ahead of the lesson
Incorporate open-ended and higher-order questions in your plan.
Prepare follow-up prompts to push thinking deeper.
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How can teachers balance the use of open-ended, higher-order questions with making sure all students (including quieter ones) feel confident in participating?