Questioning Strategies

Why are we here?

PYP Standards & PracticesIdentify any standards that are directly related to questioning or thinking skills or tie back into

them.

HERE’S THE ANSWERWHAT’S THE QUESTION?

• Each group will receive several sentence strips which contain an answer.

• Discuss the questions that could lead to each answer. Together choose one or two questions per strip to share with the group.

• Choose one person to share these questions with the whole group.

The ability to think about past or future events calls for

a higher plane of thinking that results, ultimately, in

increased learning.

“Questioning is critical because it requires children to distance

themselves in time and space from the present.” - Sigel and Saunders (1979)

Why are we here?

Explicitly teach & encourage students to

think about the different types of questions.

• Becoming aware of and using different types of questions helps teachers determine how well they are engaging their students to think critically and creatively.

Classifying questions

• When students begin to identify and label the different kinds of question, they learn to select different kinds of questions to perform different kinds of thinking.

• This can be done appropriately at any grade level, in any discipline.

Questions are like a box of...

TOOLS!

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Why bother?

Why bother?• Once students are able to label

questions and use them explicitly, they are better able to practice each type of question thoughtfully.

• As their questioning experience grows, the labels they use become more specific, more sophisticated, it is interesting to share the thinking of others in this area.

JigsawDigging Deeper and Making Connections

• Home groups of 4

• Expert groups

Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

de Bono’s 6 Thinking Hats

PYP Concepts

Strategy toolbox – make & take

Jigsaw

• Expert groups

Decide as a group how you want to present your information to your home group

• Home groups

Once everyone has shared, discuss how you could use these structures in your classroom. What do you think you’ll try in the next week or so?

Other hierarchical structures

• Hilda Taba - Inductive Strategy

http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Taba_teaching_strategy_model

• A.L. Costa’s - “Levels of Questioning”

http://www.artcostacentre.com/

DEARQ

Making ConnectionsParallel Thinking