Art of

Questioning
Why do you think we
ask questions in class?
For increasing To stimulate
To assess prior
classroom interest or curiosity
knowledge
involvement for a new topic

To give an
To structure a task
To bring out opportunity to
for maximum
perspectives share and reflect
learning
on learning

To assess learning
To identify any
of acquired
learning gaps
knowledge
 What are you
What is the purpose
intending to
of asking this
discover through
question?
this question?
What do you think are
the characteristics of a
good question ?
 Clear

Stimulates
Concise
thinking

Characteristics
of a good
question
Guiding
but not Purposeful
leading

Relevant
 Opportunities For Questioning in Pre-school

Social During
Culture topics
Emotional Implementation
presentation &
Learning of Book Bag
discussion
Sessions Program
 Opportunities For Questioning in Elementary

Mastery
Exploration
Presentation

Lower Order Thinking Higher Order Thinking

Questions Questions
 Purpose of asking
questions in Elementary
 Presentation

To assess prior
knowledge
To stimulate To evaluate
interest or understanding
curiosity for a of the topic
new topic introduced

Purpos
e
 Exploration

To bring out To identify any

perspectives learning gaps

To give an
To promote deep opportunity to
thinking or Purpos share and reflect
critical thinking e on learning
 Mastery

To evaluate how
student is able to
To evaluate
apply the
student’s learning
Purpose at the end of a
acquired
knowledge or
unit.
learning in real-
life situations.
 Types
of
Questions
 The word factual' comes from the word “FACT’.

Requires fact based answers.

Factual
Questions Requires the student to recall specific information
he/she has previously learnt.

Factual questions generally begin with who, what,

when, where, which, how.
 Examples of Factual Questions
Facts as Information Facts Organized into a Logical
Order/Sequence of Events
What are the different parts of a plant?
Who is the main character in the story? How does evaporation takes place?
Which is the largest continent ? How do we calculate the perimeter of

When is the International Yoga Day triangle?

celebrated? What is the process of photosynthesis?

Where is Sahara dessert located? How do we write an essay?

 An open-ended question is a question that cannot be
answered with a "yes" or "no" response.

Allows for multiple responses and a longer

conversation or discussion.
Open-ended
Questions
Brings out different perspectives.

Open-ended questions generally begin with how, what,

why.
 Examples of Open-ended Questions

What challenges How do you think

What was most
do you think Why do people this problem can
interesting part of
children face migrate? be solved
the story you read?
worldwide? differently?

What are the In what possible

How can we different ways ways can we use
resolve a conflict? people can numbers to get a
communicate? sum of 50?
 Motivate students to think of a possible outcome or
anticipate a future event/result.

Draw upon prior knowledge, experiences,

Questions observations to predict what will happen next.
for
Prediction Brings out different perspectives.

Questions for prediction generally begin with how, what.

 Examples of Questions for
Prediction
What do you
What are the
possible
Estimate think will
outcomes of this
happen next?
event?

Anticipate Forecast What do you

What do you
think the
Prediction think this text is
character might
about?
do next?
How many
Assume Guess marbles do you
think are there
in this jar?
 Goes beyond recall and remembering facts.

Higher Requires students to apply, analyze, evaluate and create.

Order Prompts higher-level thinking from students, consider

Thinking alternative explanations and points of view.
Questions Stimulates Critical-Thinking and Creative-Thinking
Skills.

Transfer of skills and knowledge in new context or

situation.
Examples of Higher Order
Thinking Questions
 Real-world
Sorting connections
How would you sort the How can you apply this
given images? concept to a real-world
situation?

Seek solutions Use evidence

How would you design What evidence supports
a solution to address your point of view or
this challenge? conclusion?
Compare and contrast: How would you compare and contrast these
two concepts/ideas?

Seek alternatives: Can you provide an alternative solution to this

problem?

Categorize and classify: How would you categorize or classify these

things based on their characteristics?
Reflect on process: How do you think you performed this
task? How would you do it differently next time?

Find relationships: How are these two events connected?

Seek next steps: What questions would you ask to further

investigate or explore this topic?
 Process of Framing Questions

Frame the question

Reflect upon the Select the type of keeping the
purpose of asking the question to be framed characteristics of a
question. based on the purpose. good question in
mind.
 Individual Task

Choose any topic from your subject. Frame two

different types of questions for the topic
chosen using the instructions given in the task
sheet.