Originally posted on August 24, 2016 @ 9:00 am
“A great question is one that gets us all thinking…students questions give us a glimpse into what they are thinking, what issues are engaging them, where their confusion is, where and how are they making connections…where are they seeking clarification?” Richhardt et al 2011
Counseling
- Why do you think you want this versus that?
- How will your long term plans be impacted and why?
- What would you lose if you didnt do that, and why?
- What would you do if you could do whatever you wanted and why?
- Write down the first thing that comes to mind when you think of college?
- If you could say one thing to your parents what would it be?
- Write down one message to your children?
Teaching
Questions need to focus on learning and not on work, using the language of inclusion (we not I or you)
Give praise for the effort not for the outcome = growth mindset.
- I was wondering if…
- Can you say more about that?
- Im not following you can you explain that in another way?
- Questions that model an interest in ideas
- Questions that construct understanding
- Questions the clarify and facilitate thinking
- What makes you say that?
- What does that tell us?
- What questions are surfacing for you?
- What do we see?
- What do we think we know?
- What else do you notice?
- Can we explain this?