Fa SMEd IMPROVING LEARNING THROUGH QUESTIONING Fa SMEd

Fa. SMEd IMPROVING LEARNING THROUGH QUESTIONING Fa. SMEd PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODULE 06. 02. 2022 IMPROVING LEARNING THROUGH QUESTIONING 1

Activity A: Reflecting on the questions we ask (1) Fa. SMEd Discuss the following questions and think about a few specific examples: • What different types of questions are there? • What different functions do these questions serve? • Which types of questions do you use most frequently? Record your collective ideas on Handout 1: Thinking about why we ask questions. 06. 02. 2022 IMPROVING LEARNING THROUGH QUESTIONING 2

Activity A: Reflecting on the questions we ask (2) Fa. SMEd Discuss the common mistakes when asking questions on Handout 2 and fill in the column “unintended effect” by answering the following: • What is the impact of the mistakes on student learning? Think about the following questions: • What mistakes do you do when asking questions? • What are the unintended effects of each of these mistakes? 06. 02. 2022 IMPROVING LEARNING THROUGH QUESTIONING 3

Activity B: Types of questions (1) Fa. SMEd Look at Handout 3: What types of questions develop thinking and reasoning? Record your ideas concerning the following questions: • What types of questions promote thinking and reasoning? • What examples have you recently used that stimulate students’ thinking? • What implications do these ideas have for your own practice? 06. 02. 2022 IMPROVING LEARNING THROUGH QUESTIONING 4

Activity B: Types of questions (2) Fa. SMEd Handout 4: Five principles for effective questioning summarises research findings into questioning. Discuss these in small groups considering: • Which of these principles do you usually implement in your own teaching? • Which principles do you find most difficult to implement? Why is this? 06. 02. 2022 IMPROVING LEARNING THROUGH QUESTIONING 5

Activity C: Observing and analysing a lesson (1) Fa. SMEd Compare the two solutions to the task on Handout 5: Observing a lesson. • Which do you consider better and why? 06. 02. 2022 IMPROVING LEARNING THROUGH QUESTIONING 6

Activity C: Observing and analysing a lesson (2) Fa. SMEd Look for examples of the following principles in Gwen‘s lesson: • Plan questions that encourage thinking and reasoning. • Ask questions in ways that include everyone. • Give students time to think. • Avoid judging students’ responses. • Follow up students’ responses in ways that encourage deeper thinking. What do you think students learned in this lesson? 06. 02. 2022 IMPROVING LEARNING THROUGH QUESTIONING 7

Activity C: Observing and analysing a lesson (3) Fa. SMEd Video: Gwen‘s lesson 06. 02. 2022 IMPROVING LEARNING THROUGH QUESTIONING 8

Activity D: Solving a problem by “thinking aloud” Fa. SMEd Try working out an answer to the following problem, 'thinking aloud' as you do so: About how many dentists are there in your country? Afterwards, discuss what it would feel like doing this with a class, not knowing the answer beforehand. 06. 02. 2022 IMPROVING LEARNING THROUGH QUESTIONING 9