Mastering The Art of Questioning
Mastering The Art of Questioning
Mastering The Art of Questioning
by:
Annaliza S. Manalansan
Master Teacher I, Jose C. Payumo Jr. Memorial High School
In giving questions, the teacher must see to it that aside from factual and informative.
teachers must formulate questions with a heart; meaning questions should be
understandable, but can create critical and creative thinking skills of students. As Henry
Ford puts it “thinking is the hardest work any one can do- which is probably the reason
why we have so few thinkers.”
A teacher can achieve a positive classroom environment if he or she can begin this
approach on the first day of classes. Students will know the teacher’s approach by
beginning his lessons with questions that will motivate the o think. Also, teachers must
also study the different violation in throwing questions to students.
Teachers must maintain a classroom which projects a positive environment so that the
children will not have the feeling of fear and anxiety. There are subjects in which students
have fear, teachers can lighten the atmosphere through selected questions. However,
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questions should come from easy, average and difficult. For easy questions , teachers may
ask about persons, places, events, dates and names. While in the average and difficult
level should begin with “Why” “How,” or “Explain” . In this way students will have time
to fully analyze the questions asked.
Thus, in general, as a teacher the element that comprised an appropriate strategies in the
art of questioning that may create a positive learning environment is very important, thus,
appropriate students behavior are likewise observe transforming lesson is more
impressive, and
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