Question

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Question Recitation

• A Presentation By
• Carleen Perry
• Heather Petersen

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Whats the Difference?
Questioning versus Recitation
According to Stodolsky (1988), as quoted in
Woolfolk on page 492, Teachers pose questions,
students answer. This form of teaching, sometimes
called recitation
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Asking Questions???

• Teacher initiates questioning to students to
• Determine Students Prior Knowledge
• Identify Students Lack of Knowledge
• Evaluate Students Recall of Information Taught
• Maintaining Students
• Interest Cognition
• Encourages Curiosity!!!

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Appropriate Technique

• Teacher poses a question.

WaitWaitWait!!! 3-5 seconds Longer Wait Time
Increases Higher Level Responses and Confidence!!!

• Blank StaresLooks of Confusion
• Teacher Should
• Reword
• Rephrase
• Ask for Student Clarification on the Question
  Originally Asked

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Technique Cont

• Students Responds.
• Possible Teachers Reactions
• Praising
• Correcting
• Probing
• Expanding
• Dont React with Okay! or
• Uh-huh
• Repeat Process Over and Over Again and Again

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Types of Questioning

• Based on Blooms Taxonomy
• Knowledge remembering
• Comprehension understanding
• Application applying
• Analysis analyzing
• Syntheses creating
• Evaluation evaluating

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The following questions are based on what
level of Blooms Taxonomy?
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Application
Can you think of a way to peel an orange without
getting your fingers sticky?
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Knowledge (Recall)
Which one is bigger?
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Evaluation
Which fruit is better for you and why?
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Comprehension
Which piece of fruit makes your fingers feel
sticky?
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Knowledge (Recall)
What shape is the orange?
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Synthesis
If you were going to create a new piece of fruit
that was a combination of the apple and the
orange, what would the fruit look and taste like?

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Analysis
What are three differences/similarities between
the apple and the orange?
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Comprehension
Which piece of fruit is packed with vitamin C?
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Knowledge (Recall)
What color is the apple?
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Application
What would you do if you were starving and found
a worm in your apple?
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• Resources
• http//www.lessonplanspage.com/LAAskingHigherLe
  velQuestionsToImproveReadingComp612.htm
• Woolfolk, A. (1980) . Educational Psychology
  Tenth
• Edition . MA Pearson Education, Inc.

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