ETP - Using Advanced Questioning Techniques

Rationale

“Thinking within disciplines is driven, not by answers, but by essential questions. Had no basic questions been asked by those who laid the foundation for a field—for example, physics or biology—the field would not have been developed in the first place. Every intellectual field is born out of a cluster of essential questions that drive the mind to pursue particular facts and understandings” (Elder & Paul, 2009, p. 3).

Practices

Use a taxonomy to scaffold questions from lower to higher cognitive levels
Deepen thinking using question stems from CLOSE-UP
Use Socratic questioning to deepen thinking in class or in online discussion forums
Use activities to develop students’ questioning skills

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ETP - Using Advanced Questioning Techniques

Rationale

Practices

Use a taxonomy to scaffold questions from lower to higher cognitive levels

Deepen thinking using question stems from CLOSE-UP

Use Socratic questioning to deepen thinking in class or in online discussion forums

Use activities to develop students’ questioning skills