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Resource Image Science Sampler: Thinking about students' questions

By: Jaclyn Turner
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Type of Resource: Journal Article
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Publication Title: Science Scope
Publication Date: 11/1/2006
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Grade Level: Middle School

Description

Asking questions is a vital component in any classroom, but it is absolutely essential in a science classroom. As science teachers, we know that questioning plays a major role in the inquiry process and has a positive impact on students' learning. This article discusses the importance of questioning skills and current research on questioning techniques. In addition, this article will present a series of lessons that were implemented by the author to improve the questioning abilities of middle school students.

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Asking Questions and Defining Problems
Posted in Elementary Science by Carolyn Mohr on Mon Jun 03, 2013 4:32 PM

Hi Kathy, For teachers to get better at asking those probing questions, I like this article: (I will fill in tomorrow)...
Asking Questions
Posted in Earth and Space Science by Pamela Auburn on Tue May 14, 2013 12:53 PM

Here are some resources to help

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Science Discipline: (mouse over for full classification)
Analyzing data
Asking questions
Experimenting
Interpreting data
Scientific habits of mind
Intended User Role:Curriculum Supervisor, Middle-Level Educator, Teacher
Educational Issues:Achievement, Assessment of students, Classroom management, Curriculum, Educational research, Inquiry learning, Instructional materials, Learning theory, Teacher content knowledge, Teacher preparation, Teaching strategies

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National Standards Correlation

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  • Science as Inquiry
    • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
      • Ask a question about objects, organisms, and events in the environment. (K-4)
      • Use data to construct a reasonable explanation.
      • Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data.
      • Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations.
    • Understandings about scientific inquiry
      • Types of investigations include describing objects, events, and organisms; classifying them; and doing a fair test (experimenting).
  • Teaching Standards
    • Teachers of science plan an inquiry-based science program for their students.
      • Select science content and adapt and design curricula to meet the interests, knowledge, understanding, abilities, and experiences of students.
    • Teachers of science guide and facilitate learning. In doing this, teachers
      • Focus and support inquiries while interacting with students.
      • Orchestrate discourse among students about scientific ideas.
    • Teachers of science engage in ongoing assessment of their teaching and of student learning.
      • Analyze assessment data to guide teaching.
      • Guide students in self-assessment.

User Reviews

Teaching students how to ask scientific questions
  Tina Harris (Fairmount, IN) on August 8, 2011
  When I teach inquiry units, I have found the hardest part is coming up with testable questions. Since this is an essential part of the inquiry process, it is an important skill for students to learn. Even college students I have worked with have found this to be a challenge. What an excellent way to get across the idea that while there are no bad questions, different questions serve different purposes and in the process help students learn how to craft testable inquiry questions! I used a lesson similar to this in a methods course on the suggestion of another instructor but I wish I had this reference at hand when I did so. A well thought-out unit on helping students to develop good questioning skills.

Developing Questioning Skills
  Adah (San Antonio, TX) on March 30, 2012
  This article is about helping students develop good questioning skills. To do this the author gives them the ‘Questioning Skills Self-Assessment’ provided in this article. She then describes a series the steps she uses to help students develop questioning skills. This article is very helpful to fulfilling her goal. I think it would be interesting to provide the same type of questioning assessment and development for teachers as well.


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