The importance of questioning in the classroom is that when teachers question students it creates an atmosphere in which students are questioning what they are learning. It is teaching them to think beyond the material and relate it to prior knowledge but most importantly to make connections! Students desperately need this in order to grow in any aspect of their learning education. Questioning pushes students to obtain an answer or to better understand what they are learning. Questioning students in the classroom better equips them with the skills necessary to make them successful in the classroom and beyond.
Also the more a student begins to question the more advance the questions become. Students are not as satisfied with the answers that they are being given and want something more. A more common term for this is higher order thinking or thinking past the average or basic. Students start to make their questions more complex and precise in order to gather the exact response that they are looking for. This is an extremely effective tool in the classroom to help promote independent learning for each person.
Lastly questioning can be integrated across the curriculum which helps students relate the skill in all aspects of their lives. Students receive more practice which in term helps them to become better question askers. By students asking questions, teachers can also better assess where they are in understanding and what to clarify. Teachers can use this strategy to help students locate information that they have already learned and need assistance in remembering. It helps students solve problems with little or no assistance at all.
· “When teachers use these strategies to ask probing questions, students grow in their thinking processes.” (pg.83)
· How can you turn questions that are not open ended around and use them to promote higher level thinking?
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