Are questions important? I think so! Using questions in the classroom is essential to higher order thinking. Questions can be very good for prompting inquiry in students thinking. After students ask questions, I think that it is important to give the students feedback on their answers and their thinking. Another thing that I noticed in the text is the fact that students need adequate time to gather a response to a question. This reminded me of a few times whenever teachers have asked me a question and if I didn’t start talking within one second then they would say, “Well, does anyone ELSE know the answer?”. This gives me some great tips on how to ask questions, wait for response, and then give feedback.
One quote from the book was, "When students learn to classify questions and locate answers, they learn to recognize that the reading process is influenced by the reader and the text." This quotes leads me to my next topic. There were large amount of questioning strategies listed in the book, but one that caught my attention the most was the QAR strategy. This strategy allows the student and teacher to analyze the relationship between the question and relationship. It also allows the students to work into their metacognition. This is good for the students so that they can learn how they learn the best.
Question: What is the best strategy to use or is there a best strategy?
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