Questioning is great for teaching. Many students can have the possibility of being vague and non detailed and it can allows me as an instructor to understand the psychological aspect of my students.
Recognition and Praise are important when responding to answers. If shy students see this when other students respond, it may make them feel more at ease. They may even start to open up and start responding and participating in those discussions.
The Socratic method is a great and engaging way to get students to think more critically. As a teacher, it is exciting to see the lightbulb moments when using this process. This module did a great job of covering questioning from all levels of knowledge.
There is a lot more to questioning than I knew. I like the Socratic method and was pleased to find that I do a lot of that without knowing its formal origin.
Questioning is great for teaching due to some answer given by students can have the possibility of being vague and non detailed. This allows me as an instructor to pick the brains of my students.
I love the interaction with students by way of open discussions.
I find these skills essential in end of lesson calibration. When used well, questioning can help bring out quieter learners, assess understanding, redirect conversation or build on lessons and create depth to understanding.
Questions enable students to clarify their understanding of the content.
Lots of great tips on asking questions, and details on types of questions, and how to use them effectively.
The Socratic method section brought to memory one of the very funny deleted scenes from the movie "Galaxy Quest", which if you haven't seen it is a hilarious take on actors here who were part of a TV show (similar to the "Star Trek" phenomenon) who were taken into space to help an alien culture because they thought the actors really did all of the things they did on the TV show. Watch the first scene here up to the 2:18 mark for a brilliant usage of the Socratic method from someone who is definitely not an expert in the subject matter draw information out of his students:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM_IQAhvnKQ
Avoiding asking broad questions is key. You want to engage in open ended questions to allow students to not be afraid of asking questions.
Make students involved and active in the learning process.
Dr.Shah Rahman
Its a great teaching strategy! Thank you!!!
I have learned to effectively use different types of questioning to utilize when instructing. If one doesn't work, try a different type of questioning and see how the students respond.
This section on questioning has reminded me of having more questions prepared prior to class so that the phrasing will be more precise the first time asking the question. But questioning is a great way to engage the class and increase their understanding. I love seeing their curiosity peaked. Reading about the implementation of the Socrates method was very interesting.
I learned the importance of understanding questioning techniques. How to ask a question and why it is important to incorporate different question techniques. Also, the instructor’s most common mistake in question is asking too board of a question. the application of questioning creates efficiency of the instructor, and the participation of the students which enhances overall learning.
NHM
Great training module. This is the first I have heard of this as a method and look forward to implementing this technique in the future.
I appreciated the redirection in questioning to gauge understanding of the material. Im looking to employ that in some of my classes.
From this module, I’ve learned that questioning is key to student engagement and understanding. I’ll apply diverse questioning techniques, like using both open and closed questions, giving wait time, and encouraging student participation. I plan to use the Socratic method for deeper discussions and redirect questions to other students to promote peer learning. These strategies will create a more interactive classroom and encourage critical thinking.
When instructors question the students it helps the instructor to evaluate the students understanding of the content learned. There are opened questions or closed ended questions. All questions are good but not all answers are correct and it is important to redirect a wrong answer so that the student does not loose confidence in themself and increase low/no participation in in the class.
Institutions are use the Socratic teaching method where teachers are hoping to initiate a discussion about questions that are difficult to answer. Thus, this method ensures questions are promoting learning. This will in turn help promote active engagement and participation.
