Sas 22
Sas 22
A. LESSON PREVIEW/REVIEW
The instructor will prepare an activity intended to recap or review the previous lesson. The students will answer the review
questions:
1. What routines can be established for an efficient and effective teaching-learning process?
B.MAIN LESSON
The students will study and read
pages 188-203 of the book. "Children go to school as question marks and leave school as periods".
Introduction.
The proceedings in a Science class were tape recorded. It was observed that in the forty-minute lesson the teacher
asked 29 questions, all of which are of the "what" type. Maybe they were all answered. They were merely simple recall
questions. But has the teacher develop the pupil's thinking skills?
Low level questions demand low level responses. (e.g. What was the temperature range yesterday?)
High level questions call for higher-order thinking ability. (e.g. Why does temperature continue to rise from early
morning till noontime?
2. For Verification
It determines the exactness or accuracy of the results on inactivity or performance.
4. For Evaluating
Elicits response that include judgements, value and choice.
6. For Motivating
Attempts to put the students in the right mood.
7. For Instructing
The questions ask for useful information
Types of Questions according to Level/Answer:
- Include memory questions or those that require simple recall. (Example: Define energy. State the first law of motion.)
- Questions that call for a respondent's ability to analyze, evaluate and solve problems. (Example: Why does
temperature rise towards noontime?)
3. Convergent questions
- Questions that require a single predictable answer. (Example: Defining, stating, interpreting, and summarizing. )
4. Divergent questions
- Require the respondents to think in "different directions", to think of alternative actions or to arrive at own decision. (Example:
Why are you voting for him? What will happen if you leave it under direct sunlight for a week?).
Questioning Skills
Class interaction is dependent on your questioning skills. The following are the skills you should acquire to generate
interaction among students:
3. Calling on non-volunteers
4. Rephrasing
5. Sequencing logically
- It is asking related questions one from simple to complex one after another.
- Wait time refers to the pause needed by the teacher after asking a question. Usually there is a need to revise or
improve the question if it proves difficult at the moment. A longer pause would encourage the students to continue thinking.
- Widen participation
C. LESSON WRAP-UP
Thinking about Learning
Focus Questions:
1. For a highly interactive classroom, what are the various types of questions asked?
2. What are some questioning skills that teachers should develop to generate interaction?