Developing+Authentic+Questions

Developing Authentic Questions

 * Plan questions in advance using Bloom's taxonomy or other organizational structures
 * Keep in mind taxonomy is not a hierarchy; therefore levels are not lower or higher, rather different in type (based on thought or learner.)
 * Information for questions should require: -apply -analyze -synthesize -evaluate
 * Encourage students to ask and answer their own questions: Introduce them to bloom's, teach them how to use it when creating questions. Use their questions for tests, reviews, games

__Instructional Practices that Promote Participation__
 * Use response cards, whiteboards, hand signals. These require all students to participate. Can use blank response cards or prewritten ones
 * Audience response systems: (such as clickers used in my classroom. Teachers and students get immediate feedback on their understanding of a certain topic.
 * ReQuest (reciprocal questioning) designed to teach students to ask and answer questions while they read: Students can read together, and then ask the teacher questions, next the students read again and the teacher asks questions, continue this back and forth and students will begin to model the questioning behavior of the teacher.
 * Socratic seminar: Socrates believed that reliable knowledge is gained through disciplined conversation. He called this method //Dialectic //. When teaching students to do this keep the following in mind: 1. Text (should engage students, present many question opportunities.) 2. Question (should have no right answer.) 3. The leader (is chosen because of their knowledge of the text and can facilitate as well as participate in the conversation.) 4. Participants (Should: study text, listen actively, share their ideas and opinions, question, and search for information to support their ideas.

References for this page: Fisher, D. & Frey, N. (2007). //Checking for Understanding: Formative Assessment Techniques for Your Classroom.// Alexandria, VA: ASCD. p. 42-56