Blog Assignment #4

After reading, "The Right Way to Ask Questions in the Classroom" by Ben Johnson, I realized that when teachers ask questions they aren't giving the students a chance to learn all the information. When teachers ask their students if they have any questions, it will benefit them more than the students. Many students will not raise their hand to ask questions when they really do because either they get embarrassed easily or they do not want to get made fun of. Because of this the teacher often moves onto the next lesson leaving students behind in the curriculum. A good way to make sure that the students understand the material is by calling on them. This allows the students who don't ask questions an opportunity to show that they understand the material.

The blog, "Asking Questions to Improve Learning", gives many different recommendations about asking questions, and also provides different ways to respond effectively. The article states not to ask lead questions so that the students will think on their own. Teachers should ask questions that are direct, clear, and specific. Making sure that students know the answers to these types of questions will help them with more in-depth questions. One strategy that really caught my attention is following an additional question to the "yes or no" questions. This makes the students explain their answers and show that they know and understand the material.

In the blog, "Three Ways to Ask Better Questions in the Classroom", tells us too prepare questions, play with questions, and preserve good questions. Preparing questions will really benefit the students. The teacher will come to class ready with content, but when asking questions off of the top of their head, the students will not know the answer. Thinking the questions through more thoroughly will help make the question clearer. Playing with the questions gives the students a chance to think about the question and come up with several different answers. Preserving good questions shows the importance of questions. It shows how they make us think and learn. Through this, the students will start asking better questions.