1. Questioning & Discussion Techniques
Jill ayabei
nampa School District

2. 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 

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

4. 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.

5. Questioning in Action

6. 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

7. 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)

8. 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

10. 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)

11. 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)

12. 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

13. 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?

14. 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?

15. 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?

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

17. 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.

18. Non-Readers

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