Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Questioning In depth questioning is something that is a must in my classroom, especially with the inception of testing that ask students to think more deeply. My problem is that when I ask those high order thinking questions student just sit there with blank stares and no one responses. When I then ask the question in a different form I feel that I am just "dumbing" down the question and the purpose is lost. What are some things I can do to increase my questioning depth without "losing" the students? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I am in a high school classroom and even there I receive blank stares and silence. The verbiage of higher order thinking questions can be tough for students however, it can also simply be re-worded into language that your students can comprehend. I would go through examples as a class and discuss how to break down a tricky or wordy question and figure out what it is asking for. It is also very important to give students wait time to process what was asked and formulate an answer for higher level questioning. There is a difference between students with blank stares because they do not understand and students who do not want to do the work. Encouraging students with a simple reward may help some students to at least attempt the problems.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I agree. Rated On: October 4, 2015 5:25 am Rated By: dePyja