Teachers’ questioning is very important and it is considered as the nucleus of an effective teaching. It helps to stimulate students to think and to widen students’ view; and by which students can grasp the key points of a lesson; teachers can exert their leaderships and control the class flexibly. So, teachers’ questioning is the key strategies of teaching, and a good way of training creating ability of students.
Question asking is an imperative part of the learning process. We don""t just answer questions but need to devise questions to ask that are relevant and meaningful to the discussion and the course as a whole. Moreover, the way you ask, listen to and respond to student questions provides a model, in turn, for students to emulate. Students need to learn how to ask questions to learn how to learn, to learn how to be critical and engage analytically with the material they are studying. Good modeling results not only in better class discussion, but also in better learners.Research on steps in asking questions are as following:
1) Ask the questions
The question should be clearly stated and correctly phrased. If all you get are blank looks after asking a question, it may be because the question is poorly worded. It isn""t a bad idea to write down 2-3 questions you might want to ask and place those in your lecture notes.
2) Pause
After the question is asked, the teacher should pause for several
seconds. This allows time for students to formulate a response. The longer the pause, the better the response will be.
3) Call on a student by name
Call on a student by name. There are two things that generally happen when a teacher asks a question, but doesn""t call on a specific student to
respond. A. No one will respond. Broadcast questions such as "Does
anybody know..." or "Who knows..." rarely invoke a response; especially early in the semester. After rapport has been established, a professor may be able to ask this type of question. A specific student should be called on to answer the question. B. One or two students may dominate the class if no one is called on to respond. Every time a question is posed, the same couple of students will answer. This is not desirable. There are some people who are reluctant to call on a student by name because they might embarrass the student if the student doesn""t answer the question correctly. As long as the professor doesn""t lambaste the student for not knowing the answer and makes it a habit to call on all students in the class as a matter of course
instead of singling out a few, this isn""t a major problem. The reason the questioning process starts with stating the question instead of identifying a student to answer is because this will cause all the students to have to think of the answer. If the teacher calls on a student and then asks the question, the other students tend to relax.
4) Acknowledge the answer, probe or redirect the question
The manner in which the teacher reacts to a student response to a question depends up the time available and the goals trying to be
推荐访问:English questioning Teaching school