Questioning is a key skill for any teacher, in this session we want to explore best practices and learn how to become better inquisitors (Created by Richard Ng)
Presentation Slides
Learning Objectives
For TAs and Teachers to consider the importance of questioning
Helping students without giving the answer away
A World with No Questioning
Imagine that Teachers and TAs were banned from asking questions.
In what ways would this negatively impact learning?
Consider individually and then discuss in groups.
What does this tell us about the purposes of questioning?
Why do we question?
We taught it != they learned it
We need to make the invisible (their learning, inside their heads) visible
We should confirm:
That they are able to give good answers
That they have reliable reasoning processes and mental models to reach those answers
Questioning as an Educational Tool
Two important findings from cognitive neuroscience: