I am very interested in the questioning technique forum topic. Here is what I replied as ways to encourage students to ask students.
- I made it clear in the class that "there is no bad questions. Only I am afraid that I can't provide you with good answers".
- Learn something special about each student that makes them unique. that may mean their majors, interest, or part-time job. The first step is to make the student comfortable asking you question and then, asking you questions in front of the class.
- Create group activities, and get them talking to each other.
- Provide direct and encouraging response to students' questions. Use their words in their question, recognize how well thought the question is.
- Express appreciation to the student asking the question - which might reminded you to mention an important point, or correct your mistake. Doesn't matter what it is.Even follow up with private praise for students whose questions are particularly thoughtful.
- Interact with the class with the student generated question , discuss with the class what the student asks. This sends a strong signal to the questioner that, his/her question is being highly valued.
- Flip the "question" maybe public speaking is an issue for some students. We can at least let them write down the questions as part of the homework. For the very thoughtful ones, we'll ask the class for them, the share the authority of asking questions.
Got some of the ideas from this blog:
There're no stupic questions, but... http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/coach_gs_teaching_tips/2012/03/there_are_no_stupid_questions_but.html
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