questioning

Presents a rationale for using Socratic circles in the classroom as a strategy for turning students into critical consumers of all forms of literacy, explains the the processes and procedures of Socratic circles, shows an example of a Socratic circle in action, and describes extension and follow-up activities, and methods of assessment.

Presents an introduction to inquiry learning based on observations of a fourth-grade classroom over the course of one school year, sharing stories from the class as they participated in a bird-watching project that taught the skills of observing, writing, questioning, and research.

Identifies the three main features of good, or open-ended questions for teaching math to students in kindergarten through sixth grade, offers suggestions to teachers on how to create good questions, and includes a selection of good questions to use in lessons on numbers, measurement, space, and chance and data.

Encourages teachers to structure literacy education around clearly stated, essential questions, and describes how this approach can increase a student's abilities for comprehension and retention.

This practical guide provides teachers with a step-by-step process for implementing a set of questioning strategies known as the Questioning Cycle. This strategy supports teachers in planning and asking questions, assessing students' responses, and following up those responses with more questions to extend thinking.

Presents a concise handbook that addresses the problems of comprehension in the classroom and provides strategies designed to establish student interactions with the text in order to increase understanding of the material.