Questions and Questioning Strategies for Learning Management

Abstract

Questions are teachers’ important tools leading to students’ learning through integrated learning activities. Characteristics of effective questions should include setting goals clearly, promoting thinking and acting, and being adapted to the level of the class. The questions can be summarized into two types: basic questions and more complicated questions. The purpose of questioning is to gain diagnostic knowledge, construct confidence, develop thinking skills, learn through assessment, and manage the classroom. Effective strategies and techniques of questioning should enhance thinking, increase intelligence quotients, and promote students’ citizenship in the 21st century. Important questioning strategies for learning management include strategic questions, question circles, Socratic method questioning, etc. The techniques for making questions effective are active listening, wait time, redirection, probing, reinforcement, and student question management. Therefore, questions and questioning are strategic for learning management, science and art for developing students’ quality. It is necessary for teachers to learn principles and methods to effectively in the classroom practice.