Academic Conversations
Academic Conversations
If you want more information/materials on any of the topics from the link above, or if you want to try it with one of us in your classroom, let me know.
These questions are a great resource for promoting productive talk between students during class or group discussions. Click here to see questions that a teacher can use with students OR teach students to use the questions with each other.
Probing Questions- to elicit new ideas
Pressing Questions- to encourage students to support their ideas
Inviting Questions - to encourage students to build off the ideas of others
Re-voicing Questions - to encourage students to restate what others have said in a new way