This week’s blog is on questions observation. This past week’s class involved more one on one time with the students. We helped them correct their writings. I would say that this week we observed most of questions posed by the teacher during their PE class. In this class setting the teacher would set the directions for the game and then have the students say answers to questions on the game he just described. He would ask things like, how do I carry my bowling pin? And the students would answer with two hands. I thought this was a nice way for the students to learn the directions and then in a way, repeat them so that they were ready to play the game. A question that was posed by a student was where should I place my bowling pin? The answer was inside of the designated playing area. So the main area of focus for questions on the student side was how they should play. While on the teacher side it was questions that involved thinking as to try and help the students remember the rules.
I believe that one of the best methods for getting students to think critically for themselves is through asking questions and waiting for their response. This shows that they are capable of creating unique solutions to problems and able to analyze. It's great that the PE teacher did this, even with something as unique as how to carry a bowling pin! That's great the he tried to help them remember the rules by asking them questions that pushed them to think. What other questions might be even better to ask to get the students to analyze the rules and accomplish the same task?
ReplyDeleteasking questions is my favorite way to try and get something across to a student. this can be used one on one or in a group. i dont go to my class' PE sessions but my teacher does this everytime she speaks to the class. when do you think kids are able to understand higher order questioning? are they capable in your classroom?
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