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Socratic Questioning for Engaged Learning

The document outlines the Socratic method as a means to foster deep thinking and dialogue through strategic questioning aligned with the Thinking Framework. It emphasizes four key steps: starting with curiosity, encouraging connections, testing reasoning, and concluding with reflection. Each step includes examples of open-ended questions to facilitate student engagement and critical thinking.

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Socratic Questioning for Engaged Learning

The document outlines the Socratic method as a means to foster deep thinking and dialogue through strategic questioning aligned with the Thinking Framework. It emphasizes four key steps: starting with curiosity, encouraging connections, testing reasoning, and concluding with reflection. Each step includes examples of open-ended questions to facilitate student engagement and critical thinking.

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Maryam Adeel
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S O C R AT I C Q U E S T I O N I N G

WITH THE THINKING


FRAMEWORK
The Socratic method encourages deep thinking and meaningful dialogue
INTRODUCTION through carefully crafted questions. By aligning questions with the Thinking
Framework’s color-coded

THINKING Teachers can guide students to explore ideas, justify reasoning, and connect
ACTIONS knowledge in structured and purposeful ways.

1 STA RT W I T H C U R I O S I T Y

Use open-ended questions to spark curiosity and get students started.

Examples: “What important information did you identify from the text?”

2 ENCOURAGE CONNECTIONS
Guide students to link ideas or experiences using Thinking Actions like
Connect or Compare.

Example: “How does this connect to what we learned yesterday?

3 T E ST R E AS O N I N G
Push for evidence and validation by asking questions like Validate or
Hypothesize.

Example: “What evidence supports your idea?”

4 CONCLUDE AND REFLECT


Wrap up with summarizing or reflective prompts like Summarise or
Judge.

Example: “What’s the most important conclusion we can take from


this discussion?”

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