Get Your Students Hired
The quality of questions is important for student understanding and helps to eliminate any misunderstanding of the content.
During a questioning activity ask the struggling student question that will help the student answer the question correctly.
Instructors need to utilize ways to engage students and keep their attention during lectures. It is best to give students time to process a question and formulate their answer.
Open-ended questions that allow students to think critically are often better than those that require a simple declarative response.
I learned to prep better by adding questions into my lessons to keep students engaged and interactive.
Allowing time after asking a question is something that I personally have to work on. I like to use a raise of hands and like it says repeat the correct answer loudly to the class so everyone can hear. The follow up questions is something I need to personally work on as well as a new teacher. Statements like "any questions?" Or "does that make sense?" Makes it seem like you as an instructor are unsure of yourself.
Comment on SETH SORONNADI's post: This can take several semesters to anticipate the questions however.
I like asking questions. I want to have students who don't always answer questions allow them the opportunity to answer so that they can be more engaged.
Effective teachers need well thought out questions for students. I have always liked using student response and ask addition questions that build on to their response for others to chime in.
It's good to sometimes directly question a student by name. General class discussion questions leave an opportunity for some students to over-participate and other students to never participate.
Planned questions are the best way to see if the students are engaging with the course.
I've learned not to ask questions in class as a whole because I always just get those few students who sit in front answering all the questions. I began going by rows and individually and giving them time to respond. That way I can see who is understanding the material and who isn't.
Planning questions in preparation for the class and giving individual students more time to respond are key elements. Try to control the responses but do not shut down vocal students' enthusiasm.
I had not realized that asking “Any questions? Or Do you understand?” Is not a question as students may not know what to ask or if at end of class they are not going to answer for fear of class going late. They also may feel intimidated thinking other students understand when they do not. This section has allowed me the knowledge to further develop my questioning techniques in order to enhance student learning.
I always have a debriefing after class with questions but i hadn't considered how i work through the questions to get the students to answer them. i will be more deliberate in how i conduct the last part of class.
I really haven't thought about incorporating planned questions into my lesson planning, but I really believe that would help to motivate the students to discover answers on their own and not expect me to always provide the answer.