Using Effective Questioning Strategies
Presented by Susan Winebrenner and Dina Brulles
Education Consulting Service, Inc. www.susanwinebrenner.com
FIND SOMEONE WHO:
Is teaching a class with a gifted cluster
Has taught from 1-5 years
Has taught from 6-10 years
Can define fluency Uses simulation activities from Interact
Can name 3 characteristics of gifted youngsters
Can name 2 strategies that can challenge the thinking of gifted students
Adapted from Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom by Susan Winebrenner www.freespirit.com
Can name a leader in the field of gifted education
Has gifted kids or grandkids or their own
QUESTIONING STRATEGIES
• Most of the strategies being demonstrated in this segment are from:
Questioning Makes the Difference by Nancy Johnson Available from www.piecesoflearning.com
Quantity Questions
• Students name as many things as they can in a particular category:
13 original American colonies 6 parts of speech From Questioning Makes the Difference by Nancy Johnson, www.piecesoflearning.com
Reproductive Questions
Being fluent in your thinking Naming multiple ideas in a category
What are all the ways you could use to exit this room?
From Questioning Makes the Difference by Nancy Johnson, www.piecesoflearning.com
Productive Questions
Suppose….. What would happen if???
What would have happened if the Pilgrims had landed in southern California?
From Questioning Makes the Difference by Nancy Johnson, www.piecesoflearning.com
Compare and Contrast • Find similarities and differences between
items, ideas, etc. • In what ways are two characters from a
story alike or different.
From Questioning Makes the Difference by Nancy Johnson, www.piecesoflearning.com Double Bubbleand other thinking maps available from: Designs for Thinking – David Hyerle - www.mapthemind.com
Resources for Questioning Johnson, Nancy. Questioning Makes the Difference. Marion, IL:
Pieces of Learning. www.piecesoflearning.com
Asking Smart Questions by Frischknecht and Schroeder. ww.piecesoflearning.com
From Spencer Kagan: The Q Matrix Smart Cards: Thinking Questions, Think Pair Share and the Thinktrix Smart Cards
www.kaganonline.com
Preference Questions
Express your ideas and/or opinions
Would you rather lead or follow? Give reasons from your choice
From Questioning Makes the Difference by Nancy Johnson, www.piecesoflearning.com
Personification Questions
• Using point of view – your own and others to express your ideas
• How would Lewis and Clark feel about walking on the moon?
From Questioning Makes the Difference by Nancy Johnson, www.piecesoflearning.com
Name Card (Stick) Method Place students in discussion buddy pairs Place gifted students with each other Use Think Pair Share to manage discussions
in all subject areas Never look at the question before determining
who will be called on. Details in The Cluster Grouping Handbook.
Name Card (Stick) Method
Place students in discussion buddy pairs Place gifted students with each other Use Think Pair Share to manage discussions
in all subject areas Never look at the question before determining
who will be called on. Details in The Cluster Grouping Handbook.