Sunday, June 7, 2015

Blog Post #4

The big question that educators need to understand is "What do we need to know more about asking questions to be an effective teacher?" This pretty much means that we need to be able to ask questions that will make our students really think in depth. Some of the sources that I used to research this question was "Asking Questions to Improve Learning".

In this article, it explains very effective ways to ask a proper question. It says to stray away from asking "leading questions". Straying away from leading questions is good because it will make the students really think and come up with their own answer, or one that they think is right. I also found it interesting that teachers should never ask more than one question at once. So, teachers need to just ask one question at a time. This is a good thing because it won't cause the students to be confused as to what question they are actually answering.

To be an effective teacher, you need to make your students feel comfortable with answering questions in class. Never make them feel like their questions or answers are stupid or pointless. You need to give your students confidence when they are in the classroom!
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3 comments:

  1. I found your post very interesting and similar to mine, since we had the same links to watch. Being an english major, I try to look out for punctuation and grammar errors, but I couldn't find any. It made your post that much more enjoyable. The only thing I would comment on is to name your link at the end of the first paragraph. When creating your post, click link and it'll allow you to name it something else. Other than that, good post!

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  2. "Some of the sources that I used to research this question was "Asking Questions to Improve Learning"." Some is plural but you provide us with only one source.

    There were seven suggested. Did you think one sufficient to address the questions I posed? I don't.

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  3. I agree with you teachers should be able to ask their students questions that would make them think in-depth. Also, it is good to stray away from leading questions.

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