APPLYING EFFECTIVE QUESTIONING TECHNIQUES

(RESEARCH ON THE FOLLOWING DATA)

TYPE OF QUESTION EXAMPLE OF QUESTIONS

FOR STUDENTS
1. Factual/ Convergent What is something
Closed/Low Level everyone should know
about you?
2. Divergent/Higher What do you need from me
Order/ (as your teacher) more
Open-ended/Conceptual than anything else?
A. Evaluation What does success in the
classroom mean to you?
B. Inference What do you know about
how people learn?
C. Comparison What’s the most creative
thing you’ve ever done?
D. Application What are four ways people
learn?
E. Problem-Solving What does it mean to
understand something?
3. Affective When was the last time
you’ve solved a problem?
 1. Neil Postman once said, ‘’Children go to school as question marks and leave school
as periods’’. Does this have something to do with the type of questions that teachers ask and the
questioning and reacting techniques that they employ?

ANSWER: Children go to school as question marks and leave school as periods." (Neil Postman) and
"Good Learning starts with questions not answers." (Guy Claxton) these are two quotations which
deal with effective questioning to children inside the [ classroom. Many teachers have been observed
by education supervisors, district supervisors, principals, and department heads to have asked mostly
"what" questions in the entire session or class. Perhaps they were all answered by the pupils; since,
the questions were all simple recall. But the big question is, has the teacher helped develop the
children's' thinking skills.

Importance of using various teaching techniques

ANSWER: Effective implementation of the curriculum is dependant in the effective use of appropriate
teaching methods in the classroom. Teaching methods are used to facilitate students learning and
satisfaction. A variety of the use of teaching methods is a must for teachers if learning is to be
effective and efficient.