Questioning techniques

• The nature and range of teacher questioning can also help to develop thinking skills and understanding.

• Open and closed questions……

Questioning techniques

• Questions that seek clarification include: 

• Can you explain that? 

• What do you mean by...? 

• Can you give me an example of...? 

• How does that help us? 

• Does anyone have a question to ask?

Questioning techniques

• Questions that look for reasons and evidence include: 

• Why do you think that?

• How do we know that? 

• What are your reasons? 

• What evidence do you have?

Questioning techniques

• Questions that explore alternatives include: • Can you put that another way? • Is there another point of view? • What if someone were to suggest that...? • What might someone who disagrees say? • What difference is there between those points

of view?

Questioning techniques

• Questions that consider implications and consequences include: 

• What might happen if...? 

• What might be the consequence of that?

• Does that agree with what we said earlier? 

• How can we tell if it’s true?

Questioning techniques

• Questions that pull things together include:

• Where have we got to?

• Can anyone summarise so far? 

• How does that connect to...? 

• Are we any closer to solving the problem?