Questioning Student ownership

Engineering classroom discussion Steps: Provide some stimulus and a key question. Get students to write down their initial thoughts. Teacher models leading a session using clarify, pause, probe or A,B,C. Teacher nominates a student to lead the session (choose who will speak next), and gives prompts and guidance when required Teacher steps back and lets nominated student lead the session, Class lead the session on their own.

1) Clarify, Probe, Recommend Clarify: What did you mean by...? Probe Probe: Can you tell me more about...? Recommend Recommend: What is better about...? Can you explain which of these answers you prefer?

What would a feminist say about The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? Clarify Clarify: What did you mean by...? Probe Probe: Can you tell me more about...? Recommend: What is better about...? Can you explain which of these answers you prefer? Recommend

2. Agree, Build, Challenge Giving a new opinion I think that... My opinion is.. I believe that.. In my view ... Agreeing I agree with .... because... I would argue the same thing because... The reason I agree with... is... That is an interesting point because... Building I would like to build on ....’s point because... I agree with ... but I need to add... In addition to ....’s point... Building on what ... said... That is a good argument however it needs... Challenging I don’t think ... is right because... I would like to challenge this because... I disagree with...because... My own view is different because... This view is incorrect because...

Moving towards deeper questions Second Question Grid Is / Does Present Did? Past Can? Possibility Could? Probability Will? Prediction Might? Imagination What? Event Where? Place When? Time Who? Person Why? Reason How? Meaning 3. Question formulation technique Choose a focus Get students to write down all the questions they can think of Select the best questions (according to depth) Use the grid to refine them further First Moving towards deeper questions