Thank you for sharing the web site! I enjoy exchanging ideas on questioning strategies, because this is one technique that is easy to improve and apply. Moreover, students need to develop questioning skills for their careers. As you stated, experience is the key. Therefore, as teachers we need to ensure the students gain the experience of developing higher-order questions.

Shelly

As a new teacher, I am very self-conscious about the questions that I ask in class. I always have Bloom’s in the back of my head and try to keep my questions open-ended, but I still feel like I can improve a lot. Questioning seems to be a skill that really develops with experience. I think this is especially true with leading discussions, a skill that I really admire in other teachers. I’ve found a lot of resources at http://www.dedicatedteacher.com on questioning and discussion strategies that have been a help as I gain experience and develop my techniques.

Great blog!

Tracy

I’m glad you couldn’t resist! You shared a great site which very much asserts the importance of students investigating and asking questions. I think this is another reason why teachers should begin lessons with higher-order questions because these types of questions usually lead to more questions.

Shelly

Saw your Q on Twitter & couldn’t resist

Whenever someone asks me ‘What is the best question?” I often respond with “The most naive/’dumb’ one?” …

Ah, you asked “what is the right question?”
Won’t labour a point, but offer you a link to a great resource ideas from which I have used myself many times.

http://www.fno.org/oct97/question.html

Keep asking

Cheers, Tomaz