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Chapter 10
Effective Questioning


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Agenda
• Good News
• Mid Term Exam
• Educational Current Events:
– Terlisa Smith
– Erin Dutton

• Chapter Portion:
– Patricia Butler P. 187-196
– Jimmy Butts P. 197-208


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No one is without knowledge
except the one who asks no
questions
West African proverb


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Points to ponder
• What do you perceive as the role of the teacher in
classroom discussion?
• Will you allow students to contribute new information and
ideas to the classroom discussion?
• What are your chief purposes for conducting
discussions?
• Do your students know how to participate in a
discussion?
• Are you willing to allow students to address one another
during the discussion, or do you believe all student input
must be directed at the teacher?


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Purposes of Discussion
• Allows teacher to monitor students’
understanding
• Provides a means to develop
understanding further
• Serves as a vehicle for social interaction
between teacher and students
• Socrates


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Discussion as a Language Process
• Writing and reading are constructive
processes- build an internal representation
of content
• Does discussion also construct?


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True Discussion
• In most cases, it is a recitation carefully
controlled by the teacher
• True discussion is mutual sharing of
opinions in an atmosphere of trust


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True Discussion
• Multiple points of view but able to changes
ones mind
• Students must interact with one another as
well as with the teacher
• Answers must be longer than two or three
word responses


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Planning a Discussion
• 1 Decide how to introduce the discussion
– Activate prior knowledge
– Set purpose of discussion
– Remind students of key topics
– State what you hope to accomplish
– Alternatives
• Rhetorical questions
• Provocative quotations


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Planning a Discussion
• 2 Decide where to depart from the guide
– Sticking to your reading guide, even if it has
higher order thinking questions, is planned.
– Where do you want to extend knowledge?
– Think of departure questions
– Ask Why the facts are as they are?


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Planning a Discussion
• 3. Decide whom to ask
– Questions can be ear-marked
– All students should be involved
– Possibly select more capable students when
discussion bogs down


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Planning a Discussion
• 4. Decide on an effective closure
– Sum up, conclusion
– Ask students for summary


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Conducting a Discussion
• Insuring student involvement