Chapter 5 Teaching to the Individual, Working with the Group

“Teachers sometimes fall into the pattern of asking questions that call for a brief, correct answer” pg 90. Asking yes or no questions or ones with only one answer that can be provided quickly is not the best way for students to learn. They need time and a question to think about in order to benefit from asking and answering questions.

We have read that you need to wait after you ask a question in order to give students a chance to answer, so I found it interesting that we also need to think about the questions we ask. Also when I read this I wondered if a brief correct answer was always the best way to learn. Sometimes I think that answering wrong or working your way through the answer can help everyone learn the answer.