Ask Questions!!! Seek Answers (Be curious)

 

INQUIRY Inquiry Based Learning

 

Engaging Questions

Powerful questions

Burning Questions

Probing Question

Guiding questions

Key Questions

Thinking questions (basic but thinking) 

Scientific inquiry

Induction-deduction

 

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Questions

 

Yes/No Questions. Reduce your reliance on simple-answer questions. Yes/no or one-word answers will lower involvement. If students are not responding, ask more complex, not easier, questions (see next section).

Focus Questions. Do not ask broad, general questions. Use questions to focus the students on the specific task. Instead of asking "what do you think about the reading?" ask a question about its main theme.

Probing Questions. Assume students will not give a complete answer to your question and prepare questions that ask for more details, further clarification, deeper explanations, or that extend relationships not included in the initial response. There is no need to concentrate probes on one student. Re-direct questions around the room.

Follow-up Questions. Have some generic follow-up questions ready, such as "Who would agree with that answer?" or "Why is that answer right/wrong?" "How could you be more specific/general?" Use these questions to get all class members involved in responding to your initial inquiry. Guide them in looking for more complex responses.

Responding. It is important to respond to students in a supportive way. When you listen actively, restate, elaborate, praise, or redirect with follow-up questions, students are more likely to participate.

 

Question Types

Studies show that most questions asked by college professors do not capture student interest because they ask for factual recall. More complex questions are needed to involve students. Below is a list of question types that you can use to vary the kinds of questions you are asking.

Knowledge Questions. The most common question type, these ask students to state some known information. "What is ...?" or "Define ..." or "How many ...?" or "What are the steps ...?"

Comprehension Questions. These ask if students can demonstrate understanding by summarizing, giving examples, or explaining processes or relationships. "In your own words, tell us about ..." or "Give an example of ..."

Application Questions. These ask students to connect known material to new settings. How does ... explain ...?" or "What would happen if ...?"

Analysis Questions. These ask students to see relationships. What causes ...?" or "What evidence is used to support ...?"

Synthesis Questions. These encourage creative use of ideas. "How would you ...?" or "What other way could you ...?"

Evaluation Questions. These ask students to make judgments using criteria. "Explain if the effect of ... is good?" or "Critique X's position, according to ..."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Learning Questions

1. What went well and why?

2. What went less well and why?

3. What would we do differently now?

4. What would we do the same way?

5. What went unexpectedly well and why?

6. What went unexpectedly badly and why?

7. Are there new assumptions/rules to be made?

8. Why did we not foresee what happened?

9. How can we improve learning in the future?

 

 

 

 

 

#1. Skill- Asking and Actively pursuing answers to relevant and thought provoking questions, builds curiosity and INQUIRY BASED LEARNING.

Investigate go on a  QUESTion

 

 

 Types of questions

open ended - probing

Yes No - Agree Disagree Who - What - When - Where - How - Why - Which

essential

essential TCAP Questions 1. Who am I?  What do I want? (what are my goals-objectives)  How do I get it?

ASK 3= Ask 3 people before you ask me any questions (unless you are a manager or it is a burning question) This helps me help you with the big questions and big problems as apposed to what time is it?.

 

ADD Question Icons-  Questicons

 

 

http://wiki.answers.com/

http://answers.yahoo.com/

http://www.justaskgemalto.com/

Quality is diminishing but here's this one http://www.chacha.com/

 

 

Vocabulary: Epiphany- Solution- Answer

 

 

 

Engaging TEACHER QUESTIONS

How can we best equip the young with the thinking,

problem-solving and inquiry skills they will need in this century?

How can we transform school research so that students are grappling with demanding

questions instead of scooping and smushing heaps of information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Common Questions I hear

Can I do this for homework? YES do not let me or any one stop you from learning or advancing. Do it!

You do not have to answer all questions that people ask- Just help them in their pursuit. Do not Discourage Question Asking!

 

 

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Quotes

 

"Once you have learned how to ask questions- relevant and substantial questions- You have learned how to learn and no one can keep you from learning whatever you want or need to know" -neil postman

 

“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on

the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining

the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question,

I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.”

—ALBERT EINSTEIN

 

"I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop the theory of relativity. The reason, I think, is that a normal adult never stops to think about problems of space and time. These are things which he has thought about as a child. But my intellectual development was retarded,as a result of which I began to wonder about space and time only when I had already grown up." —ALBERT EINSTEIN

 

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity." —ALBERT EINSTEIN

 

 

There are no stupid/wrong questions only stupid/wrong answers- Answers can be wrong

 

Mystery- Problem "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." -Albert Einstien

 

"If you don't ask you will never know"

 

" He who asks a question may be a fool for a minute but he who does not ask is a fool for life"

 

Resources

 

http://www.edge.org/ To arrive at the edge of the world's knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ASK each other the QUESTIONS they asking themselves.

 

 

Webpages

 

http://www.theworldcafe.com/articles/aopq.pdf

 

Books

 

"All I did was Ask"

 

 

 

 

Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?

Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?

Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?

Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?

Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?

If you can't drink and drive, why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor, and why do bars have parking lots?

What if there were no hypothetical situations?

How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?

If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?

If a cow laughed real hard, would milk come out her nose?

If nothing ever sticks to TEFLON, how do they make TEFLON stick to the pan?

If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?

Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM?

Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?

Why isn't "palindrome" spelled the same way backwards?

Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?

You know that little indestructible black box that is used on planes, why can't they make the whole plane out of the same substance?

Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?

If you have your finger touching the rearview mirror that says -- "objects in mirror are closer than they appear", how can that be possible?

Why is it so hard to remember how to spell MNEMONIC?

Why is it called a TV "set" when you only get one?

Why does your nose run and your feet smell?

Why does an alarm clock "go off" when it begins ringing?

If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress?

Why does "cleave" mean both split apart and stick together?

Why is it called a "building" when it is already built?

Why do they call them "apartments" when they are all stuck together?

Why is there an expiration date on SOUR cream?

If you keep trying to prove Murphy's Law, will something keep going wrong?

Why does flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?

How can someone "draw a blank"?

Shouldn't there be a shorter word for "monosyllabic"?

Why is the word "abbreviate" so long?

Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

What is another word for "gdfgaurus"?

When they ship styrofoam, what do they pack it in?

Why doesn't "onomatopoeia" sound like what it is?

Why do 'tug'boats push their barges?

Why do we sing 'Take me out to the ball game', when we are already there?

Why are they called 'stands' when they're made for sitting?

Why is there only ONE Monopolies Commission?

Does a fish get cramps after eating?

Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?

Why is it when two planes almost hit each other it is called a "near miss"? Shouldn't it be called a "near hit"?

What does Geronimo say when he jumps out of a plane?

Why is brassiere singular and panties plural?

Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars, and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint, and he has to touch it.

What would a chair look like, if your knees bent the other way?

Why is LEMON JUICE mostly artificial ingredients.... but DISH WASHING LIQUID contains real lemons?

Why doesn't GLUE stick to the inside of the bottle?

Do Roman paramedics refer to IV's as "4's"?

Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, only to be troubled and insecure?

Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

Why do they report power outages on TV?

Why do people who know the least know it the loudest?

If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?

If a man speaks in the forest and there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?

 

Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites?

Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?

When someone asks you, "A penny for your thoughts", and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a "whack"?

If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked and dry cleaners depressed?

Do Roman paramedics refer to IV's as "4's"?

 

http://www.philosopher.org/en/Socrates_Cafe.html

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLNDd06adSo&feature=related

 

 

 

 

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