Skilful questioning in the Classroom

What is one of the purposes of questioning in the classroom?

• To engage students in the learning process

• To provide opportunities for students to ask questions

• To challenge levels of thinking

• All of the above

What is the issue with classroom questioning strategies?

• Teachers ask too many questions

• Teachers ask too many low-level questions

• Teachers ask too few questions

• Teachers ask too many high-level questions

What types of questions do teachers commonly use?

• Management-related questions

• Information recall-related questions

• Higher-order questions

• All of the above

What is the difference between closed and open questions?

• Closed questions have low cognitive involvement, while open questions encourage greater expansion in answers

• Closed questions have high cognitive involvement, while open questions have limited answers

• Closed questions encourage critical thinking, while open questions limit classroom dialogue

• Closed questions promote problem solving, while open questions result in limited answers

What is the recommended wait time for closed questions?

• 1-2 seconds

• 3-5 seconds

• 6-10 seconds

• 11-15 seconds

What percentage of questions expect only factual information from students?

• 20%

• 40%

• 60%

• 80%

What is the most well-known questioning framework?

• Bloom's cognitive taxonomy

• Hannel and Hannel's questioning method

• Degener and Berne's continuum of questioning complexity

• Shirley Clarke's questioning strategies

What is the first level in Bloom's cognitive taxonomy?

• Knowledge

• Comprehension

• Application

• Analysis

What is the 'hot seat' questioning tactic?

• Students take turns to sit in a hot seat and answer questions

• The teacher puts questions to a student on a given topic

• The teacher displays written questions to stimulate thinking

• The teacher poses questions to groups based on their discussions

What is the key to effective questioning in the classroom?

• Asking a variety of question types

• Targeting higher-order thinking

• Balancing low-level and high-level questions

• All of the above