Personalised Questioning: What’s the big picture?

to deepen thinking

to challenge

to access material from a different perspective

to generate more questions

to encourage development of ideas

to reveal any

misconceptions

to make links

to give opportunity to

Reflect on own ideas

Questioning succeeds when...

All learners get the chance to answer (rally table, jot thoughts, centrepiece)

Learners can see how others are thinking (showdown consensus)

Teachers gain information about thinking and learning

Learners have the time to consider their answers (timed pair share)

Learners have time to discuss and follow up on the answers (three step interview)

The answers are not always clear-cut (carousel feedback)

Learners feel safe to answer (pairs compare)

Questions stimulate more questions (send a problem)

Questions stimulate thinking (ask the expert)

(Ideas in brackets are cooperative structures that could be used to good effect for this type

of questioning)

If this is the answer...what is the question?

Fear

the weather

isolation

the sea birds

the sounds heard

If Father was a type of foodwhat would he be and why?