Importance+of+questioning

==== Questioning can help facilitate learning. Teachers can access student knowledge through questioning techniques as well as guide them to reaching understanding. When students explore and grasp the knowledge in their way, they take ownership of the concept. It is theirs and no one can take that from them because they came to the conclusion of understanding through their methods, not the teachers.====
 * Why is questioning so important in the classroom? **

= Questioning guides instruction. =


 * What do students know?
 * What can students do?
 * What can students apply?

Questioning techniques in an elementary classroom. There are examples of lower level and higher level questions in this classroom. The teacher allows the students to talk and work through the learning process in order to find their own understanding. It is in our nature to immediately correct the child and tell the right answer. Questioning techniques allows the child to come to their own realization and in turn truly make connections and learn.

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Marzano cites that teachers estimate they ask between 12-20 questions every thirty minutes but in reality teachers are asking 45-150 questions (Nash & Shiman, 1974). How many of those questions are higher level thinking questions and how many are simple kill and drill questions that tap into the memorization rather than the analysis of learning?

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Do you use questioning techniques in your classroom? Reflect how much of your questioning is lower level and how much is higher level? Do you immediately give your students the correct answer or do you let them use what they know to correct themselves with your questioning leading the way? (Answer below with a discussion message)