Module 1 Activity 9: What questions do I ask and why?

Questions are used to determine what students know or do not know.  It is critical that a variety and levels of questioning are utilized not anly to tap knowledge but to stimulate thought and to develop critical thinking.  It requires teachers to become knowledgeable and comfortable asking these types of questions so that they can direct the discussions in their classes.  To often, teachers stick to the recall questions because of their knowledge base.  The world has become a village and if our students are to compete then there has to be a shift from mere recall to higher order thinking.  I have begun to do this in my practice.