QUESTIONING & FEEDBACK.
QUESTIONING & FEEDBACK.
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All teachers ask questions and give feedback. However, there can be a significant range in the extent to which these practices have an impact on securing deeper learning with all students in a class. It is important for teachers to develop the capacity to be responsive, adjusting the explanatory inputs and tasks according to how well students are doing in makingsense of the material. These WalkThrus set out a repertoire of effective questioning techniques that form the default day-to-day practice in any classroom.
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CORE QUESTIONING TECHNIQUES
Selecting students to answer; involving everyone in thinking
A routine for structured discussion
An effective all-student response technique
A key question: What have you understood?
Generating improved verbal responses
Dealing with 'I don't know' responses
A routine for students to ask questions
Inviting students to share their work with teacher and class
DEEPER QUESTIONING TECHNIQUES
Questioning as a set of probing exchanges
How do we know what we know?
Choosing students randomly instead of cold calling
Adaptations for supporting all students to engage in questioning
Specific forms of checking for different scenarios
Organising a discussion so everyone participates
Structures to support students to form good responses
ASSESSMENT
Creating a climate for tackling students' difficulties
A strategy for giving focused feedback
Helping students generate their own feedback
Identifying the key elements of success
Supporting students to self-assess and manage the study process
Using a testing process to inform next steps in learning
Giving value to a wide sample of student work
FEEDBACK
Elements of effective formative feedback
Five ways to make feedback productive
Giving feedback to a whole class at once
Opportunities to repeat and improve
Short tasks allowing teachers to give rapid feedback
Giving students lesson time to act on feedback
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