Mastering Effective Questioning: Assessing Your Skills

Mastering Effective Questioning: Assessing Your Skills

Learning Objective

Understand the importance of effective questioning in the assessment process and develop skills to ask meaningful and impactful questions.

What do you already know about effective questioning in assessments?

The Role of Effective Questioning

Effective questioning helps assessors gather accurate information, uncover misconceptions, and encourage critical thinking.

Types of Questions

Open-ended questions encourage elaborative responses, while closed-ended questions yield specific information. Both have their place in assessments.

Constructing Effective Questions

Craft questions that are clear, concise, and relevant to the learning objectives, avoiding leading or biased language.

Active Listening

Listening attentively to responses allows assessors to probe further, clarify understanding, and provide constructive feedback.

Probing Techniques

Use probing techniques like 'why,' 'how,' and 'can you elaborate?' to delve deeper into students' responses and uncover their thought processes.

Adaptation and Flexibility

Assessors should be adaptable, adjusting their questioning techniques based on individual student needs and responses.

Reflection and Application

Reflect on your questioning techniques and consider how you can apply effective questioning in future assessments to enhance student learning.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.