Art

of
Questioning
 A question is any sentence which
has an interrogative form or
function.
 Question should play a central
role in the learning process.
 Questions solicit information for
the purpose of understanding
something.
Why do teachers ask question?
Purpose of Questioning
1. To interest, engage and challenge
the learner.
2. To check on prior knowledge.
3. To stimulate recall and use of
existing knowledge and
experience in order to create new
understanding and meaning.
4. To focus thinkng on key
concepts and issues.
5. To extend learners' thinking
from the concrete and factual to
the analytical and evaluative.
6. To lead learners through a
planned sequence which
progressively establishes key
understandings.
Uses of Questioning
 To stimulate students to think.
 To motivate students.
 To diagnose student's difficulties.
 To discover student's interest.
 To help student organize and
evaluate.
 To aid students to relate
pertinent experiences to the
lesson.
 To focus student's attention.
 To develop new appreciation and
attitudes.
 To provide drill or practice.
 To show relationships such as
cause and effect.
 To encourage the application of
concept.
Types of Questions
According to Purpose
 For assessing cognition
 For verification
 For creative thinking
 For evaluating
 For productive thinking
 For motivating
 For instructing
Types of Questioning
According to Level
 Low level

 High Level

 Convergent

 Divergent
Characteristics of
Good Questioning
Be stated clearly.
Be as short as possible.
Require students to examine one
idea or concept at a time.
Be arranged in logical order.
Build from the simple to the
complex.
Develop and examine concepts.
Require students to consider
facts, concepts, values and
opinions.
Require students to examine a
variety of perspective.
Incorporate and utilize a broad
range of thinking skills.
Handling Student's
Response
Show appreciation for any
answer.
Wrong answer should never be
allowed to go uncorrected.
Giving appropriate praise for
high quality responses.
Following up a student's response
with realted questions.
Answering in chorus should not
be allowed by the teacher.
Student should recite to the
whole class, not to the teacher
Students should be encouraged to
observe correct grammar and
answer in complete sentence.
Showing non-verbal
encouragement.
Refrain from marking the student
in the record book during class
recitation.
Handling Student's
Questions
 Teacher should be glad to
welcome questions.
 Irrelevant and inane questions
should not be entertained.
 Questions should be thrown first
to the whole class for an answer
or discussion.
 Questions should be in correct
grammar or in good language.
 The teacher should honestly
admit if he/she does not know the
answer to a question.
 Very shy students should be
encouraged to write their
questions anonymously and give
them to the teacher.
 Allot appropriate time slot for
open questioning.