Questioning strategies

Blogger Maurice Elias shares some simple tips for implementing SEL in elementary, middle and high school classes -- including a short quiet time at the beginning and end of the day, using transition circles, and reflective writing and discussion ideas.

Questioning is a reading strategy that is taught to students to help them to better engage with the text. It helps the reader to clarify what he or she is reading and to better understand the text. Asking good questions is a way for students to monitor their own comprehension while reading.

I was recently in a third grade classroom and was struck by the presence of rules that were posted for how to have a conversation. Having visited many middle and high schools, I think these same rules could -- and probably should -- be posted there as well.

Taking attendance shows which students are physically present—these questions direct them toward active learning.

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Teaching them to ask questions is a great strategy to help ADHD children retain information and get excited about learning.

When teachers give students the space to pursue inquiry, kids can take more ownership of their own learning and generate authentic questions.

Faculty share the strategies they use to engage students in discussion, manage dominant talkers and nontalkers, and steer a discussion that’s gone off track.

Edutopia blogger Terry Heick provides a quick tour of Costa and Kallick's 16 Habits of Mind, along with suggestions for integrating them as classroom best practices.

Improve reading comprehension with text connections! Teach students in elementary and middle school to make connections with the text. These engaging activities and examples will help students make text to self, text to text, and text to world connections. Check out the mentor and guided questions today! #readingstrategy #readingcomprehension