1. 1 Name Giannaki KonstantinaWhich of the four face-to-face institute or Elluminate session topics did you select to report on and why? I select the first Elluminate session which has the title: “Using higher order questioning in the classroom”. I chose this topic because I am used to ask a lot of questions during my lesson time and let the children “explore” the new knowledge by themselves.With whom did you pilot this new practice and at what grade level did you undertake your pilot? I did the pilot at the fifth grade of primary school by myself. Using higher order questioning in Mathematical problems.

2. 2 Connections with Colleagues Describe in a few brief phrases what connections you made with colleagues in experimenting with this new practice. My colleagues were very positive about this new practice and older experienced teachers were very curious to see if this new practice will have results. I had also the totally support by the headmaster who trusted me from the beginning despite my age and the fact that I did not have experience. However generally I believe that old teachers find it very difficult to change their traditional way of teaching.

3. 3Successes Name two or three 'successes' you experienced with this pilot. What changes did you notice? - The children learn how to learn. - The children get the ability to connect the previous knowledge with the new one. -The children evaluate themselves. I noticed that the children start thinking that there are many different ways to reach the solution to one problem. Especially for mathematics I observed that the children believed that there was always one answer and they did not asked themselves many questions. However I always asked them “why you think this is correct?” “How can we know that this exists?” “Can you explain us why you believe that?”. After many lessons I noticed that the children were trying to find the deeper meaning of the questions that I made, without being nervous about giving a quick and brief response. They also made serious efforts to evaluate themselves by correcting their answers without my help. I think that the evaluation is very difficult for them because they want a lot of time in order to find their mistakes and correct them.

4. 4Challenges Name two or three challenges you experienced with the pilot. What got in the way of your success? -Time -The children did not use to be asked higher order questions. I cannot say that I faced many challenges due to the fact that the children were very positive and they helped me a lot. However at the beginning they found very difficult to analyze the questions that I made and as a result they did not think before they answer. Moreover time is always a fact which cannot be controlled. Almost all the times I wanted to do so many things but I always did not have the proper time to do them.

5. 5 Next Steps Name two or three next steps with this material. What will you try next? How will you build on your experiences with the institute? 1 st : Develop the quality of student’s evaluation. 2 nd : Help the children create complicated problems in mathematics. 3 rd : Guide the children find connections between mathematics and other relative subjects. My next goal is to make mathematics an interesting subject for the students by finding videos and activities which will increase the interest of children. Moreover I will continue using questions which are going to prompt the students to undertake active action in the course by expressing their opinions. Finally one of my main goal is the students understand that mathematical problems come from our everyday routine and are also connected with other sciences. As a result, the students will be in position to make complex mathematical problems step by step.