Blog Assignment #4

It can be hard asking good questions in the classroom. As an educator you want to ask good questions to help your students learn.  So you ask yourself how do you ask good question? In a video by Joanne Chelsey called "Asking better questions in the classroom" she discusses two methods for asking questions. The closed ended questions only require a short answer usually yes or no. An open ended question requires more critical thinking and the answer to the question may vary between students. I think the best questions to ask students should be open ended questions. These types of questions require the students to really think and it shows if they really understand the lesson.

In the article by Ben Johnson called "The Right Way to Ask Questions in the Classroom" I think the most important point he made is about getting all the students to ask questions. When you call on a student in class all the other students will breathe a sigh of relief because you did not call on the them. This is not a effective way of asking questions because once you call on one student all the other students stop paying attention. I think teachers should ask the other students follow up questions to make sure they were paying attention.