Ask More; Talk Less

great questions inspire deeper thinking…

Wrestling with ‘unanswerable’ questions develops critical thinking skills and encourages creativity. When students are doing the talking and question-asking, they are doing more of the cognitive heavy-lifting. Step aside and allow them to do so more often!

Examples:

• Harkness Discussions and Socratic Seminars

• Teach Different method

• Question Formulation Technique (QFT)

RESEARCH AND RESEARCHERS

Finkel, Donald (2000) Teaching with Your Mouth Shut

Marzano, Robert and Simms, Julia (2014) Questioning Sequences in the Classroom

Walsh, Jackie and Sattes, Beth (2015) Questioning for Classroom Discussion

Rothstein, Dan (2011) Make Just One Change; Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions