Tuesday, October 23, 2012

"THE ART OF QUESTIONING"


It is assumed that good teaching involves good questioning, especially when large groups of pupils/student are being taught. True questioning you will be able to know if your students can really understand of what you are being taught to them.   As of my side it is important to have an art of questioning so that students can analyze and understand the question you have asked from them. As a teacher, in making a question to your students you must answer it first or you must think twice if your students can understand your questions so that they can answer it. The type and sequence of the questions and how the learners respond to them influence the quality of the classroom discussion and the effectiveness of instruction. Good teacher usually have skill in striking a balance between factual and thought-provoking question and in electing question to emphasize important points and stimulate lively discussion.
There are descriptive categories of questions-several authorities have formulated their own categories and models of questions these are:
1.       Cognitive memory questions- to reproduce facts or remember contents through processes.
2.       Convergent question-to recalls information that leads to correct or conventional answer.
3.        Divergent question-to generates their own data or a new perspective on a given topic.
4.       Evaluative question-to makes value judgment about the quality, correctness or adequacy of information.

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