{"id":417,"date":"2022-08-12T15:37:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T10:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prudenceschools.com\/blog\/?p=417"},"modified":"2023-10-31T06:31:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T01:01:49","slug":"the-power-of-asking-in-a-class-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prudenceschools.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/12\/the-power-of-asking-in-a-class-room\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Asking in a Class Room"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When it comes to learning<\/strong>, there is no limit and asking questions<\/strong> is a powerful way to learn<\/strong> endlessly. Asking<\/strong> questions <\/strong>is a skill<\/strong> required by people in all roles, be it as a student<\/strong>, a teacher<\/strong> or for any job functions and professions. Asking questions <\/strong>is an effective way to better communicate and connect with others. Curious questioning<\/strong> enriches our minds and helps us to make better sense of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, many of us hesitate to ask questions<\/strong>. In a classroom<\/strong> we may feel that we might appear to be less knowledgeable or beconsidered not smart enough as compared to our classmates. But this is not true. No questions<\/strong> are silly. All questions<\/strong> matter. Hence, every question<\/strong> is valid and worth asking<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So, let us delve deeper into WHY QUESTION? <\/strong>Why asking<\/strong> is so very crucial especially as a learner<\/strong> and as a teacher<\/strong>? Well, the advantages are endless!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  • Questions<\/strong> are powerful as it starts engaging the person’s brain. Questions<\/strong> help students<\/strong> retain the content by putting into words otherwise unarticulated thoughts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Questions<\/strong> eliminate confusion. This enables you to analyse a concept from different angles and understand the concept more deeply.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Questioning<\/strong> in class can make one learn<\/strong> faster and increase the ability to remember the concepts better, in a more detailed manner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • By asking<\/strong> a question<\/strong>, you solve not only your doubts but may also help your friends in the process, who might have been hesitant to ask the same question<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Asking<\/strong> questions<\/strong> also builds your confidence to a great extent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Asking<\/strong> questions<\/strong> help facilitate learning<\/strong>, invention and discovery – about how things work, and also why things don’t. It stimulates innovation, helping to identify new ways of doing things, new models, new solutions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Questioning<\/strong> leads to active learning<\/strong> rather than passively receiving information. Actively showing interest and involving yourself in the subject matter has many added advantages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • It increases your analytical thinking<\/strong> ability which is the ability to think in a more organised and rational manner. When you get focused on such thinking<\/strong> you can create breakthrough answers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Asking<\/strong> questions<\/strong> cause someone else to feel special and important at the same time, we also demonstrate humility to another.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • It is also a way of thinking<\/strong> where we admit to ourselves that we may not know the answer to everything or the willingness to know more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Various Types of Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Teachers<\/strong> and students<\/strong> will both benefit from questions<\/strong> that are purposefully designed. Asking<\/strong> thoughtful questions<\/strong> presents teachers<\/strong> with more information in relation to student<\/strong> understanding. Students<\/strong> too need to know that right kind of questions<\/strong> bring clarification and elaboration of their ideas and make their thinking<\/strong> visible to the teacher<\/strong>. This helps the teacher<\/strong> address misconceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    • Questions<\/strong> spun out from the discussion itself can help guide the discussion, However, questions<\/strong> also need to be pre-planned to achieve to reach the goal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Simple YES or NO type questions<\/strong> encourage students<\/strong> to respond without fully thinking<\/strong> through an idea. These are usually closed-ended questions<\/strong> or Lower-level questioning<\/strong> that simply requires students<\/strong> to gather and recall information.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Using Bloom’s Taxonomy – Higher Order Thinking<\/strong> – HOT questions<\/strong> help promote critical thinking<\/strong> skills<\/strong> because these types of questions<\/strong> expect students<\/strong> to apply, analyse, evaluate and create information instead of simply recalling facts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Higher Order Thinking<\/strong> or open-ended questions<\/strong> give people the freedom to express their ideas, thoughts and encourages critical thinking<\/strong> and creativity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Application questions<\/strong> require students<\/strong> to transfer knowledge learned<\/strong> in one context to another.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Analysis questions<\/strong> expect students<\/strong> to break the whole into component parts such as analyse setting, characters, express opinions and draw conclusions after reflecting about details and facts gained from previous experiences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Evaluation questions<\/strong> require students<\/strong> to make judgments, explain reasons for judgments, compare and contrast information, and develop reasoning using evidence from the text.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Creative questions<\/strong> have students<\/strong> use old ideas to create new ones using information from a variety of sources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      Teachers<\/strong> may use a random approach where they pick name chits of student<\/strong> from a small box just to add an element of suspense and also to ensure equitable participation, and keep students<\/strong> intellectually engaged. The teacher<\/strong> can significantly enhance the analytic and problem-solving skills<\/strong> of students<\/strong> by allowing sufficient wait times before responding, both after posing a question<\/strong> and after the answer is given. This allows everyone to think about not only the question<\/strong> but also the response provided by the student<\/strong>. Teachers<\/strong> need to plan questions<\/strong> strategically to encourage students<\/strong> to obtain a deeper understanding. It is important for teachers<\/strong> to groom students<\/strong> for being able to frame thoughtful questions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Dr G. S. Matharoo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Prudence Group of Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      When it comes to learning, there is no limit and asking questions is a powerful way to learn endlessly. Asking questions is a skill required by people in all roles,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prudenceschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prudenceschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prudenceschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prudenceschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prudenceschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/prudenceschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":844,"href":"https:\/\/prudenceschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions\/844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prudenceschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prudenceschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prudenceschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}