5 Types of Questions for Culture of Thinking

Define Newton’s three laws of motion

• Review

• Procedural

• Constructive

• Facilitative

• Generative

Which question would most likely generate a student-led investigation?

• “What is osmosis?”

• “Can you describe the steps in your method?”

• “What might happen if we changed one of the conditions in the experiment?”

• “List the properties of metals.”

What Bloom’s level involves using information in new situations?

• Applying

• Analysing

• Understanding

• Remembering

• Generative

Which question type helps students explain how and why something works?

• Review
  

• Constructive

• Procedural

• Generative

What makes facilitative questions distinct from others?

• They focus on definitions
  

• They follow the textbook structure
  

• They probe and extend student thinking

• They are used only in assessments

“Judge the effectiveness of this method” fits which Bloom’s level?

• Understanding
  

• Evaluating

• Applying
  

• Remembering

Which activity involves applying knowledge?

• Drawing a graph from given data

• Defining a variable
  

• Listing experimental materials
  

• Repeating a definition

What could be a new way to investigate this problem?” is an example of a:

• Review question
  

• Procedural question
  

• Generative question

• Constructive question

Facilitative questions are most useful for...

• Confirm basic knowledge
  

• Guiding students to explore their reasoning

• Summarising a chapter
  

• Review factual recall

What’s the main difference between constructive and review questions?

• Constructive questions involve recall
  

• Constructive questions require reasoning and sense-making

• Review questions involve prediction

• Review questions test creativity