Higher Order Thinking Questions
HOT, HOT, HOT!
Student as questioner
"When students pose their own questions, they
- are more likely to find relevance and meaning,
- have their interests honoured,
- connect prior knowledge and experiences, and
- use their skills of reflection."
To access this smore go to: www.smore.com/kn5x
What do teachers need to do to encourage students to ask HOT questions?
Teachers need to create a safe and inclusive environment that promotes risk-taking - to enable a culture of curiosity and discourse.
They must develop parameters and opportunities for posing questions (for both teachers and students).
They should explicitly model, teach and practice different types of questions.
They have to make time time to consider, revisit and think about their questions - wait time becomes "think" time.
Teachers also need to be aware of the many question frameworks they might use.
Bloom's Taxonomy
Q Chart
Bloom's Digital Taxonomy
Socrative
Socrative has many different types of polls. You can create a quiz ahead of time or simply ask a question on the spot. There are also a pre-set exit ticket and a racing game where students are put into teams and answer questions to compete.
Information can be found at http://socrative.com/. They now have Socrative 2 available at http://beta.socrative.com/.
"Effective questioning makes students thinking visible"
Strategies to probe more deeply into students’ thinking
a. Asking for clarification: “Can you explain further how …?”
b. Encouraging students to expand an answer: “Can you expand on …?”
c. Asking for a rationale: “Why do you think that …?”
Strategies that encourage students to take risks
a. Affirming effort: “I like the way you thought about your answer.”
b. Postponing to allow extra think time. “We’ll give you a moment to think, and come back to you.”
Strategies to build on students’ responses
a. Gathering: “What else might go with that idea?”
b. Asking for analysis: “How are _________ and __________ connected?”
c. Redirecting: “How can we build on what ________ said?”
d. Synthesizing: “How can we combine these two ideas?”
e. Summarizing: “What is the common theme?”
Poll Everywhere
Students respond by texting or in web browser (your poll page) or by using Twitter and it works on any device (even older phones).
Questions can be open ended or multiple choice. A new type of poll allows you to upload an image and create clickable areas (need a web browser to answer).
You can display your polls in a web browser or embed them in PowerPoint or Keynote slides.