How can you Deepen Thinking via Questioning?

Why is there a lack of higher order What is the impact of a lack of challenge in How do we achieve better
questioning? questioning? differentiation through questioning?

What can you remember about Bloom’s Taxonomy? How are students in your area regularly challenged in their
Are you certain that all of your team is familiar with Bloom’s Taxonomy? thinking?
 What is the secret to asking great questions? How can you support your team to ask
What makes a great question?
better questions?

Planning and using progressively more complex questioning will help to:

 develop a shared understanding of students perceptions and thinking processes  seek and probe for deeper more thoughtful and extended responses
 involve more students in the learning  encourage students to speak in whole or more complex sentences
 increase risk taking and make greater use of students own views and responses  encourage sensitive expression of emotions, feelings and views
 enable students to ask questions themselves and clarify their understanding  promote/check their understanding, skills and knowledge
 encourage students to exchange ideas and build on the thoughts of others  model how to reconsider what is previously understood
 encourage analysis and reasoning  offer students opportunities to show off their abilities
 reinforce particular learning points  encourage reticent students to participate
 help students to evaluate ideas  Model collaboration and shared thinking
 focus/gain student's attention  encourage student reflection and metacognition about their thinking and
learning
 challenge the most able