Effective Questioning for Authentic Learning

Why and how to start asking the better questions?

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As education and learning has evolved from the rote memorization of facts, names, and terms to conceptual knowledge and application, authentic learning is essential to ensure the success of our students and truly prepare them for career and college readiness.

The four characteristics of 'authentic learning' (n.d.). Retrieved May 21, 2016, from http://www.ernweb.com/educational-research-articles/the-

four-characteristics-of-authentic-learning/

•Characteristics of Authentic Learning

Real world application

Use of Open –Ended Inquiry, thinking skills

and metacognition

Discourse and social learning

Students directing their own learning

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• Inquiry based learning• Marzano• Revised Bloom’s• Depth of Knowledge• Depth and Complexity• H.O.T. (Higher Order Thinking)

The goal is to design effective questioning to help develop

higher order thinking skills and make connections with concepts and content.

•A Rose by Any Other Name…The pathway to authentic learning is through questioning

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TYPICAL CLASSROOM ?’S

• 98% of questions asked in a classroom are answered correctly… where is the challenge at?

• Most questions are based on recall and remote memorization (formulas, vocabulary, names, dates, etc)

• One dimensional with one or few correct answers

• Depth refers to approaching or studying something from the concrete to the abstract from the known to the unknown

• Requires students to examine topics by determining the facts, concepts, generalizations, principles, and theories related to them

• Necessitates uncovering more details and new knowledge related to a topic of study

• Encourages students to adopt perspectives and to see patterns in connections

?’S WITH DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY

•How Do We Question?No matter what you

name them, questions that evoke critical thinking are…

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H.O.T. / D.O.K. (n.d.). Retrieved May 22, 2016, from http://maverikeducation.blogspot.com/2014/03/difficulty-vs-complexity-whats.html

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• Depth of Knowledge CategoriesLook at the questions provided and classify the

level of Depth of Knowledge each represents