Talk:Unit Three: How Should an Educator Question his Students?

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However, the following paragraph in your lecture is not addressing the listed objective of this unit. It is more about why than about how. It should be integrated into your unit 1. You may check other unit with the same purpose in mind: Are the contents/activities addressing the identified important goals?

"There is no doubt that questioning in the classroom is a highly successful learnin tool. Barak Rosenshine, Carla Meister and Saul Chapman authored the article "Teaching Students to Generate Questions: a Review of the Intervention Studies." This article discusses the educational potency of the question. The authors write, "Teaching students the cognitive strategy of generating questions about the material they had read resulted in gains in comprehension, as measured by tests given at the end of the intervention." Questioning not only helps a student take control of his own learning, but a student's comprehension is largely benefitted as his level of understanding increases. Clearly, questioning is a vital component to learning whether it is initiated by the teacher or by the student. The cognitive processes that take place when a question is posed or formulated carries with it many educational advantages."

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