Questioning in the Classroom
The teacher differentiates instruction through the use of questioning by:
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Degree of Use
1. Asking a variety of question types:
Recall, label, identify, find
Compare, connect, contrast, infer
Synthesize, classify, integrate, presummarize
Decode, interpret
Encode, answer (what is your answer
and why?)
Apply, predict, hypothesize
Re-summarize, conclude, evaluate
2. Adjusting questions for various types of
learners to be successful (boys, girls,
culturally diverse, learning style-diverse,
etc.)
3. Asking and giving examples of high
level questions:
Compare/contrast
Opinions/point of view
What if?
How come?
So what, now what, what next?
4. Providing the opportunities for
student-generated high level active
questions.
5. Using high-level questions in written
assignments.
6. Using adequate wait time after
questions and after answers (5-10
seconds).
7. Asking and expecting answers from
ALL students.
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