Chapter 7 Topics
     Behaviorism and Questioning
     Teacher Questioning Strategies
     How to Ask Questions
     Responding to Student Responses
     Using Questions to Encourage Discussion
     Questioning Strategies and Diverse Populations
                                              © 2018 Taylor & Francis
           Behaviorism as a Narrow 
            Approach to Questioning
           Stimulus  Response  Feedback
           Question   Response  Evaluate
                                              © 2018 Taylor & Francis
  Teacher Questioning Strategies
   Convergent: single answer expected
   Divergent: multiple reasonable responses
   Questions can be used to check on child’s ideas
   Questioning to nudge students in a direction
   Question type varies based upon purpose
   Questions can ask students to transfer knowledge
   There is no uniformly good type of question
                                              © 2018 Taylor & Francis
  How to Ask Questions
    Beyond knowing What questions and When to ask them, 
    it is important to appreciate How to ask
    A pause of just a few seconds after asking a question 
    but before calling on a student gives time to think: Wait 
    Time One
    Wait Time One is difficult if you equate teaching with 
    talking. The time to compose a response only requires a 
    short silence
    While it may feel awkward at first, Wait Time One is 
    sufficiently effective that it can become a good 
    questioning habit
                                                   © 2018 Taylor & Francis
  Responding to Student Responses
    Provide specific feedback and not vague praise. Help 
    everyone who heard the answer know what made the answer 
    correct
    Follow-up with Wait Time Two—this can encourage more 
    complete responses and cause others to share their ideas
    For convergent questions that are plainly wrong, it is 
    appropriate to give feedback with a gentle “no”
    Other responses including probing (digging in), rephrasing 
    (tweaked question), and redirecting (bouncing question to 
    someone else) 
                                                       © 2018 Taylor & Francis