Questioning & Discussion Techniques Jill ayabei nampa School District

Welcome!! 1—Please write your name on a stick & place in the cup at the front 2—Read the article on your table about alligators! 3—Be ready to answer some questions 

Jill Ayabei Pocatello Nampa HEQ Owyhee, Iowa, Extended Day, Data/Coach, EL Coordinator/Coach

Rules and Procedures Every name can be called. If you answer “I don’t know”, you will be given 2-3 more questions I will be timed (10~15 min). I will wait for an answer. Be prepared to justify your answer. I will refrain from telling, hinting, helping (including facial expressions). I will ask questions w/ a neutral/positive tone and I will be positive, yet pushy.

Questioning in Action

Reflect *Personal response/reflection/writing time —Please take 5 quiet minutes What did you notice? Anything different than the ‘norm’? How did you feel as the learner? _______________________________ Turn/Talk

A Pedagogy of Questioning (APOQ) HEQ-Highly Effective Questioning Classroom Questioning 101 A Pedagogy of Questioning since Nov 2013 ___________________________________________________________Created by Ivan Hannel (lawyer) Started by his parents—Drs. Lee and Veronica in 1979(Psychologists) Based on Dr. Reuven Feuerstein’s work (psychologist, doctor, educator, student of Dr. Jean Piaget)

A Pedagogy of Questioning Not a program / Not Assessment a method where questioning can improve understanding of information (all subjects) a method of helping students leap from one kind of thinking to another puts the thinking/work back onto the learner counteracts disengagement

Critical thinking is a skill that.............. can be taught can be developed over time, from repeated teaching and learning experiences that activate certain mental acts. is based on patterns (that then develop understanding of higher concepts)

The Seven Principles Number off 1-7 Read about the Principle that goes with your number & become the expert Get together with your expert group / chart paper Summarize/Write/Be prepared to share Include the Principle and the Practice Share (handout)

Seven Steps of Questioning 1: label / identify / find relevant facts 2: connect / compare / infer / disconnect 3: order / pre-summarize / sequence / classify / outline 4: apply / predict / project / hypothesize 5: summarize / conclude / reflect Q: read /decode / interpret / justify questions A: encode / answer / justify answers

Seven Steps of Questioning Step 1 Questions: Label, Identify, Find (1-3: CONTENT) (Look, notice, see, spot, observe, name, examine) *What facts can you observe? *What is key information? *What do you see? Step 2 Questions: Connect, Compare, Contrast, Infer (Distinguish, relate, disconnect) *What are the connections? *What is the relationship between___&____? *How are A&B like C&D? Step 3 Questions: Sequence, Classify, Integrate, Pre-Summarize (Record, catalog, sequence, integrate, recap) *What is it about overall?*What are the main points?*What is the sequence of events?

Seven Steps of Questioning (4-5: BEYOND CONTENT) Step 4 Questions: Apply, Predict (Project, hypothesize, forecast, assume, transfer) *How would you apply that?*How does___relate to ___? *What if D never happened?*If B changed, how would our answer change? Step 5 Questions: Summarize, Conclude, Reflect (Condense, finish, recap) *What did you learn today?*Can you summarize the lesson? *Explain the process from beginning to end*What do you remember from the lesson?

Seven Steps of Questioning (Q-A : ASSESSMENT) Step Q Questions: Decode, Interpret (RIJ) (Decipher, make sense of, understand, deduce) *What is the question asking and why?*How can we use the given info to solve? *Read (the written ?) Interpret (put in own words) Justify (what was interpreted) Corrective Action (w) questions) if needed, after student invests Step A Questions: Encode, Answer (Respond, select, choose, decide, pick) *What is your answer and why?*What did you come up with and how?*What supports your answer?

Seven Steps of Questioning Activity: Which questions fit where?? Table Groups Work together to figure out where the questions fit within the 7 Steps

Need to Know The more you practice this type of questioning, the better you will become.  Just start. Begin with once a week. Time yourself. The more you do it, the more your students will get used to it and the expectations. Don't use this on something brand new, only after something has been read 1-2 times.

Non-Readers

Questions? Jill Ayabei- jayabei@nsd131.org contact, further training? Modeling?