Hinge Questions
Edssential article from @DKMead: I have just Google searched the term “hinge questions” and to my horror one of my previous posts is the second on the list and the first to mention “Hinge Questions”,...
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Edssential article from @totallywired77 : How many of these strategies/activities do you plan into your lessons? Attempt to ask every student a question. No hands up rule. Random Name...
View ArticleQuestioning and Oral Feedback – Our ‘Bread and Butter
Edssential article from @HuntingEnglish: A few weeks ago I had the great pleasure to present to the staff of my school for just over an hour on teaching and learning. What had preceded this session for...
View ArticleTeacher talk: The missing link
Edssential article from @learningspy : Back in 2008 I was told by an Ofsted inspector that I talked too much. I had always prided myself on being considered an outstanding teacher, and was devastated...
View ArticleQuestioning – Top 10 strategies
Edssential article from @HuntingEnglish : Questioning is the very cornerstone of philosophy and education, ever since Socrates ( in our Western tradition) decided to annoy pretty much everyone by...
View ArticleThe big 4
Edssential article from @shaun_allison : At a recent Learning Development Group session during an INSET day, a group of DHS teachers looked at 4 key aspects of outstanding teaching: Questioning...
View ArticleOfsted 2012: Questioning to promote learning
Edssential article from @FG2O : Have you ever noticed that often, when someone is being interviewed, they say “That’s a good question.”? It’s usually when it’s a question they can’t answer quickly and...
View ArticleQuestioning: Marginal Learning Gains
Edssential article from @fullonlearning : When it comes to Marginal Learning Gains, it is a real challenge to include QUESTIONING as an area where there could be a Marginal Learning Gain. There are...
View ArticleThe Big Idea – Questioning
Edssential article from @shaun_allison : Never one to miss an opportunity to share good ideas, at an INSET day last week staff were asked to write down one successful strategy they have used to develop...
View Article‘Question Time’ and Asking ‘Why’
Edssential article from @HuntingEnglish : No, this post isn’t a dissection of David Dimbleby’s negotiation of a bent table full of politicking talking heads. I’m sorry if you came looking for political...
View ArticleDeep Questioning
Edssential article from @shaun_allison : We are fortunate to have many excellent teachers at Durrington High School. The 15 minute forum this week was led by one of our longest serving teachers – Sue...
View ArticleMaking the best use of exam questions
Edssential article from @york_science : I have written before about Diagnostic Questions. A good diagnostic question can reveal a lot about a student’s thinking. Many of the questions we have written...
View ArticleShould we use questions to teach? – Part 1
Edssential article from @Kris_Boulton: I had intended this to be a three part series, however while trying to write the final post today, I realised I had left out an extremely important piece of the...
View ArticleShould we use questions to teach? – Part 2
Edssential article from @Kris_Boulton : Yesterday I kicked off a lengthy post on questioning. Today I conclude it. What we have up to now is an amorphous outpouring of thoughts on questions; time to...
View ArticleA question of planning and waiting
Edssential article from @yogspiers : If a football manager gives an incredible speech at half-time and his team still go on to lose was the speech a waste of time? Was the speech not really very good?...
View Article11. How can questioning unlock learning?
Edssential article from @joe__kirby : According to Robert Marzano’s book, Classroom Instruction that Works, 80 percent of what is considered instruction involves asking questions. The TES suggests that...
View ArticleDO THEY UNDERSTAND THIS WELL ENOUGH TO MOVE ON? INTRODUCING HINGE QUESTIONS
Edssential article from @HFletcherWood: What happens when you use hinge questions to check student understanding? What is a hinge question? A check for understanding at a ‘hinge-point’ in a lesson,...
View ArticleI can see clearly now….
Edssential article from @shaun_allison : I thought I would write this post in the spirit of #nurture1314 – starting with a confession! I used to be a bit of an OFSTED chaser – there’s a lot of it...
View ArticleQuestioning
Edssential article from @carlnewman9526 : Alex Quigley, subject Leader of English & Assistant Head at Huntington Secondary School, rightly calls questioning the ‘bread and butter of great teaching’...
View ArticleQuestions about questioning: just how important is it?
Edssential article from @LearningSpy : It’s a little tiresome, but I feel I must preface this by saying that these are just my thoughts. I’m not claiming anyone is wrong (or right for that matter) just...
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